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Re:California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roun... by Faark on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:37PM (#19904727)
> The billion-dollar punitive damages verdict, moreover, is not crazy considering that the point of punitive damages is to deter similar conduct in the future. [..] here on HN [..] were saying about how much Facebook should be fined [..] were likewise in the billions of dollars.

Billions of dollars, yes. In cases of government vs company. Or a class action. But I don't think HN or anyone reasonable was ever in favor of billion dollar judgments in matters that ten thousands of also effected claimants trying to get the same.

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Re:California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roun... by Swenrekcah on Monday May 13, 2019 @07:40PM (#19905204)
Is there any requirement for people to be given equal punitive damages? For compensation damages it makes sense that similar cases get similar amounts, but for punitive it might well be that the first one gets it all, and then the court can consider punishment delivered for the underlying offense.
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