It isn't a matter of what the woman is "worth." Presumably her husband wasn't going to sell her at auction any time soon. If she had small children, compensation of actual losses would include hiring child care for ten or twelve years, plus a housekeeper, plus her salary if any.
But most of these verdicts are intended to shock the defendant into realizing that what they did was wrong. Thus punitive damages. Dana On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:39:55 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well if the doctor twisted the tubes that'd be a > problem. > > Still my life insurance is only one years salary. > Why would that accident make me or you suddenly worth > over $100 million? > > -sm > > > > > --- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't think you can say *what* it is worth. Isn't > > that his whole > > point? These verdicts come about when a jury feels > > that someone has > > been criminally negligeant. If you are ever > > hospitalized would you not > > want to be able to count on the hospital to > > administer your medication > > safely? > > > > > If she did die it would have been by accident, and > > is > > > that worth 500 million to her husband? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132832 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
