January 20, 2005
"Responsible" is What Other People are to You

Fark brings us the latest in a long line of "why we need tort reform" cases:

A jury awarded $75 million in punitive damages Wednesday to the family of a 7-year-old girl paralyzed in a car wreck caused by a drunken football fan. A day earlier, the family was awarded $60 million in compensatory damages.
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The compensatory damages were assessed equally against [the football fan] and Aramark Corp., the Giants Stadium concessionaire that sold beers to him at the game. The jury ruled Wednesday that Aramark was liable for the additional $75 million.

Sell some beer, get hit with $135 million worth of fines.

Posted by scott at January 20, 2005 01:42 PM

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