I wish Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Sackler family had been before this judge and jury. They got off pretty easy by comparison.

Big Pharma good, Ultra-MAGA bad.

he should be made to pay 1 billion million trillion dollars.

his ability to pay my made up number is about on par with his ability to pay the courts made up number, at this point it's just political theatre and schadenfreude.

The purpose is to make it so that if he appeals a case and wins, he still has to pay out everything he owns. It's the same reason why some people get charged with enough crimes that even the minimum sentences are multiple human lifespans.

I also think these torts are in different jurisdictions, which may impact how the payouts are managed, how bankruptcy's are interpreted, etc, etc.

I think it's well known that the liabilities are far beyond his ability to actually pay.

Ya know, he does have a point; they'll never see a dollar of this money and he'll never pay it.

I'd be a lot more excited if he was actually getting nailed to the wall for all the willful harm he's done; but he's not.