Americans are seriously valuable.
A US court has ordered the country's second largest cigarette company to pay $23.6 billion (£13.8bn) to the wife of a smoker who died of lung cancer
put as a number that's $2,360,000,000 & that's just the punitive fine, there's another $16,800,000 in compensation to be added to that, allowing for an investment return of say 7% that will give the widow a daily spending allowance of over $160 million dollars A DAY, she wouldn't dare take a day off as she'll need to spend $300 million the next day
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Sure she would sooner have her husband though
Now I am thinking
But in all seriousness.. no ammount of money is worth a life!
OK, Zman, a question?.. If you had a loyal and doting wife who just loved you to pieces and by the way you felt the same
I do get your point though... Hope some people aren`t dreaming of this themselves..
it is just ridiculous how a court can come up with such a figure.
with all the poverty in this world, and not just in 3rd world countries, wouldnt.
it also begs the question to be asked, "how much profit is enough"
I do believe that a person who works hard and takes the risks deserves good money, but seriously, how much is too much.
In regards to the lady getting the 23 billion (if she ever gets it),
She will never be able to spend it, it would be impossible.
It is court rulings like this that are just so stupid, it just beggars disbelief.
Doubt they work Pro Bono!
How can anyone pluck a figure out of thin air.
And to go to the next level, Since smoking is legal, why not sue the government as well as they allow it to happen and actually make money from the taxes they apply to all smokes sold.
It is hard for me to get my head around some people though and why they place such a high value on money