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jayess | 7 months ago

Good lord, $129 million in compensatory damages is absurd.

One thing you notice when visiting Florida is that every other billboard says "In a wreck? Get a check! Call Lawyer Ambulance Chaser Jones!!"

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metabagel|7 months ago

How much is your life worth?

knodi123|7 months ago

to me? an infinite amount! So trying to measure it in dollar terms is already a pointless exercise.

If you want to see the hole in this argument, try looking at it from the other side- How can you arrive at the conclusion that a life is worth only $329M? Why so low? Why not a billion, or a trillion?

If you have to come up with an objective and dispassionate standard, then I doubt you'd find one where the number it generates is $329 million.

SoftTalker|7 months ago

What is a reasonable forecast of your personal balance sheet at the time of your natural death?

Of course human life itself doesn't have a dollar value, but that also means that money cannot replace a lost life.

jayess|7 months ago

Probably a few million, tops.