They will never be able to collect all that. I feel bad for the girl, but 1 billion? Does any company have that much available cash?
If they're driven into bankruptcy the victim might not get a dime.
The rape.....In 2012, Ms Cheston was at a friend’s birthday party in Jonesboro, Georgia, with her boyfriend when the armed guard approached her, told her boyfriend not to move, and raped her on a picnic table.
The company isn’t worth that so that figure will be changed. Unsure why so high as there were not any outstanding circumstances in this unless it’s because the guard wasn’t licensed to work though had been hired by the company anyway.
About 10-15 years ago there was a huge fire at a nightclub in Rhode Island which killed about 100 people...mainly kids.
As time went on it became clear that the band that was playing (and whose pyrotechnics started the fire) didn't have any money or insurance.It also became clear that the owners of the club didn't either.
So a story appeared on the local news that one of the lawyers involved was planning to sue Shell Oil (yup,the multi billion dollar behemoth) because they were one of the sponsors of the band's tour.
All lawyers care about is the paycheck...they don't give a rat's hindquarters about real justice.
The assault was a horrible thing, but the award speaks volumes about jury incompetence. $1 Billion would not stand up to any sort of judicial review.
Online sources state that Crime Prevention Agency, Inc., a Georgia for-profit corporation, has been dissolved. Whatever insurance there was will likely be it. The girl’s lawyer will take most of it.
The law does not provide for this, but justice would be served by forcing whoever sent a violent criminal to prey upon children to serve the same sentence as the rapist, preferably in the same cell.