[Dan]

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25...tle/index.html

[southnc]

Originally Posted by Hap

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25...tle/index.html

After such a horrific injury, she could only get 1M? That's chump change.

Meanwhile, a women files a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Knicks and get 11 (ELEVEN) Million!!!!

[Dan]

Originally Posted by southnc

After such a horrific injury, she could only get 1M? That's chump change.

Meanwhile, a women files a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Knicks and get 11 (ELEVEN) Million!!!!

That shows to go you, sex sells and having your life altered by something that was completely out of your control doesn't.

[crandc]

Originally Posted by southnc

After such a horrific injury, she could only get 1M? That's chump change.

Meanwhile, a women files a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Knicks and get 11 (ELEVEN) Million!!!!

Award sizes are based on a couple of factors. One is the resources of the party at fault, and the Knicks and Madison Square Garden have huge resources. Most trucking companies are pretty mom & pop. Also the lost earnings of the injured party. A highly paid professional has greater lost earnings than a minimum wage part time Wal-Mart worker. And the quality of the lawyer. Well paid professionals in a highly publicized case get better lawyers than working stiffs.

So I have no quibble with the size of the award against the Knicks. My quibble is with Wal-Mart. It's bs to say they have to follow the rules. They made the damn rules. And as Keith Olbermann pointed out they could have bought themselves enormous good PR with the $400K. They're just scum.