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Old Wed Jul 22, 2009, 03:40pm
Ref Ump Welsch
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Originally Posted by Amesman View Post
(And once a jury does decide on a guilty verdict, if it gets that far, there is absolutely no science to whatever damages it grants, and no reference they can refer to -- except, of course, they have the plaintiff's suggested price tag. Very head-in-the-sand approach in that aspect, bordering on the bizarre.)
And there's no certainity that the jury's award will hold up. Some states are screwy enough that if the judge thinks the jury is wrong, he/she can just throw the verdict out completely. Of course, there's always the appeal process, in which a higher court can screw it up even more for one party or the other.
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