[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

this woman's life was not worth $28B.

Now how do you know that?

[CdMGuy]

It looks like this case was tried in Los Angeles' downtown courthouse. This court is referred to by lawyers as The Bank. It is known for outrageous jury verdicts, both civil and criminal (remember OJ), and as the juries are very heavily minority and government employees, e.g. postal workers.

[Bush2000]

I don't mean as a human being. Society has a limited amount of resources. $28B is a hugely disproportionate number of resources to concentrate on one person for specious reasons. The surgeon general's warning over smoking has existed for a LONG time. Nobody can argue credibly that they weren't warned about the dangers of smoking. It's the cult of victimhood at its worst.