Joe Hass, March 8th, to moi: > > > A Nashville jury finds against peephole video-er Michael Barrett and the >> current and former operators of the Marriott near the Vandy campus. He'd >> already gotten 2-1/2 years in prison, from where his deposition was made. >> >> THR >> <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/erin-andrews-awarded-55m-lawsuit-873313> >> >> (link) >> >> B >> > > What has yet to be reported is what the breakdown of the $27.5 million is > in terms of compensatory vs punitive. If you were following the case, one > of the major arguments the hotel made was that Andrews suffered no damage > to her career because of the incident, so she's not entitled to > compensatory. Further there's some question as to what Tennessee law > provides in terms of caps of both types, so that could come into play. > Finally, there's a question of what the hotel's insurer would cover in this > case depending on how that breaks down. > > Andrews and her reps are lately convinced Barrett's legitimately broke, as he claimed soon after his arrest <http://www.si.com/more-sports/2016/03/07/erin-andrews-wins-55-million-hotel-lawsuit> (buried in SI's piece on the verdict, link)... now they're invoking a law Tennessee actually repealed, but was still in effect when the crime occurred, that allows them to stick the hotel for essentially the whole bill... ABC2 Nashville <http://wkrn.com/2016/03/22/erin-andrews-wants-nashville-hotel-to-pay-full-55m/> (link)
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