[trumandogz]

Good thing Rick Perry was able to pass Tort Reform in Texas or this jury would have awarded the victim $150 trillion.

But with Perry's Tort Reform in Texas, the defendant in this case will only have to come up with $150 billion.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Billion is the new million during the Error of Obama.

[CharlesWayneCT]

You know this has nothing at all to do with “tort reform”. This was a civil lawsuit against the criminal who actually lit the fire.

[GeronL]

WHo/what was the defendant??

[lonestar]

The family's attorney Craig Sico says the punitive damage award is symbolic and the family expects none of it will be paid.

The defendant, Don Wilburn Collins, is currently imprisoned on an unrelated sexual assault charge.

[nicepaco]

BS Even Texans aren’t that crazy.

[gaijin]

If the FedGov refuses to keep illegals out, and one fatally plows into your child while drunk, why can’t we sue the FedGov like THIS...?

[basil]

That sleepy town is not far from me. I spent a lot of happy days there in my childhood. LaGrange has (or used to have) a large German population. I don’t know if it still does.

LaGrange is also the home of Monument Hill, where the drawing of the black beans was held. It’s an interesting story, if anyone wants to do a search on Monument Hill.

It is also the home of Weikles’s bakery, where one can buy the best kolatches to be found in these parts.

I never knew they had such a court there, though—LOL!

[BobL]

“$150 billion award for Texas fire victim’s family”

Rick Perry’s America...

[Hot Tabasco]

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.............