Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements
by onetimemanytime on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @03:09PM
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My point was that even if true (what Musk said) he showed his pettiness in getting involved with someone that criticized him. As for the libel amount in USA, there's a limit too. Even if the jury goes haywire judges and appeal courts intervene.
As for the truth...we don't really know until there's discovery
Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements
by gamblor956 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @03:19PM
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There's no statutory limit on damages for defamation per se under California law. It's literally whatever the jury decides is appropriate, modified by what the judge thinks is reasonable.
EDIT: added the "per se" since regular defamation requires proof of damages but the per se form does not.
Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements
by onetimemanytime on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:13PM
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But in reality there is a limit. The jury can say $2 Trillion. What is the largest award ever that made it past appeals? Being called a pedophile publicly by Elon Musk is as bad as it gets, but it's still a personal thing, not a loss of $Xx billion in sales or brand name.
Personally I think Musk needs an intervention, something not right with him and he needs to chill out, detox or whatever for a few months.
If Musk offers a huge reward, you'll see Pattya Beach hotel and bar owners checking decades old security cassettes.
The stereotype of white men going to Thailand for sex tourism isn’t proof. And to think it is evidence is incredibly ironic, because Unsworth, besides being the resident expert of the cave’s geography, reportedly had to push hard for Thai authorities to take his advice to bring in his British expert diver friends who ended up conducting the rescue.