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Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by shadowgovt on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:37PM (#35434730)
A number intended to be punitive, yes.

What is your framework for believing that number to be ridiculous? Do you know how such numbers are decided?

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Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by publicmenace on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:53PM (#35434834)
Yes. Punitive damages are not appropriate to begin with in this case, and certainly not that high.
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Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by shadowgovt on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @09:18AM (#35439120)
A jury decided otherwise regarding the correctness of punitive damages.

Once that was decided, such damages don't scale by damage done; they scale by a figure that would inconvenience the company so as to discourage such flouting of their legally-mandated corporate responsibility in the future.

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