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$150 billion award for Texas fire victim's family
Houston Chronicle ^
| 12.20.11
Posted on 12/20/2011 8:22:26 PM PST by trumandogz
LA GRANGE, Texas (AP) An attorney says a Texas jury has awarded the largest verdict he has ever heard of $150 billion to the family of a man who died years after being set afire as an 8-year-old.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: lagrange; peasants; perry2012; plutocracy; tardreform; thirdworld; tortreform
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To: trumandogz
“$150 billion award for Texas fire victim’s family”
Rick Perry’s America...
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posted on
12/21/2011 4:53:57 AM PST
by
BobL
("Heartless" and "Inhumane" FReepers for Cain - we've HAD ENOUGH)
To: Talisker
That is the problem. Who paid for this court and this case? The taxpayers?
The taxpayers and our courts should not be used for making imaginary trials and awarding imaginary sums as punishment.
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posted on
12/21/2011 11:16:13 AM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: lonestar
No award that big stands. An appeal will be filed.
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posted on
12/21/2011 2:22:45 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(I'll vote for Mitt Romney when Hell freezes over. He'd be as bad as Obama.)
To: Fledermaus
No award that big stands. An appeal will be filed.The defendant is in the pen! Has no money!
This was not a suit filed for money!...but to highlight that the man who sexually abused and set on fire an 8 year old kid, was never charged for the crime. He has been serving time for another crime.
It's over and done!
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posted on
12/21/2011 2:40:27 PM PST
by
lonestar
(It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
To: GeronL
The taxpayers and our courts should not be used for making imaginary trials and awarding imaginary sums as punishment.True, but...
An 8 year old kid was raped and set on fire by a man who was never charged with nor went to trial for the crime...so the taxpayers didn't have to pay for that trial which would have prevented this one.
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posted on
12/21/2011 2:44:51 PM PST
by
lonestar
(It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
To: trumandogz
An attorney says a Texas jury has awarded the largest verdict he has ever heard of
Translation: Attorney says he has just received the largest settlement payment in the history of law suits...$150 billion
His clients will receive $1.2 million.............
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posted on
12/21/2011 2:47:36 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Be good, Santa is coming)
To: lonestar
I don’t think a pretend trial makes up for it though
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posted on
12/21/2011 2:51:44 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: GeronL
I dont think a pretend trial makes up for it thoughIt seemed to make all the difference in the world to the kid's mother.
It's sad that she had to go through all that for her son to have his day in court!
It happened 13 years ago...and her son died last April.
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posted on
12/21/2011 3:01:04 PM PST
by
lonestar
(It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
To: lonestar
Better ways to make a statement than wasting taxpayers money in courts.
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posted on
12/21/2011 9:37:54 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(I'll vote for Mitt Romney when Hell freezes over. He'd be as bad as Obama.)
To: Fledermaus
Better ways to make a statement than wasting taxpayers money in courts.Well, Einstein, why don't you bitch to the mother of the kid who was raped and set on fire and law enforcement never filed charges against the man who did it.
I can think of a lot of worse ways to waste taxpayer's money!
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posted on
12/21/2011 9:54:34 PM PST
by
lonestar
(It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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