At 20:12 13-07-2002 -0500, Ronn Blankenship wrote: >OTOH, some people say that the only way to get the message across to a >huge company which has sold a defective product which has injured someone >is by hitting them in the pocketbook with a large enough monetary award to >actually hurt them, and $10,000 or even $100,000 may be only a drop in the >bucket to the company.
But then why should such a huge sum of money be awarded to a single person who has only suffered minimal damage? It is the society as a whole who wants to send a message to BigCorp, not a single individual. Therefore, that huge sum of money should not go to a single individual but to society as a whole. In everyday terms: let the judge impose a huge fine on BigCorp. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
