[QUOTE=agentfazexx;49102810]Still not worth 21 million bucks.[/QUOTE]
You know it's starting to look like your risk of developing seemingly permanent conditions like Alzheimers or CTE is massively increased every time you experience some sort of traumatic head injury if you're unlucky enough to carry certain genes. How much is your brain worth to you?
[QUOTE=DeadCow;49106307]I found a video of the incident
[B]BE WARNED[/B], graphic content
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkzlpgdkObU[/media][/QUOTE]
why was this being recorded?
[QUOTE=amos106;49108056]Payout like this aren't made to reward the victim, its to punish the companies that were negligent.
Newsflash: Every day you are using products that have undergone some sort of risk assessment before being sold to you. When the companies do this, sometimes they decide to build a slightly cheaper but less safe design, and they plan to use a portion of the saving they make to just pay off any victims when accidents occur. [B][U]People have died[/U][/B] from products that have gone through this process, notably cases like the ignition switch recall that GM delayed to save money.
At the end of the day, people exist to live, and companies exist to make money. When these two interests conflict you have to choose which one it more important, the safety of the general public, or the profit margin of the companies. This jury made it clear what their stance was, so what is yours?[/QUOTE]
*cough*Ford Pinto*cough*
[QUOTE=Lurklet;49108279]why was this being recorded?[/QUOTE]
probably security cams on the ship
The guy was walking full speed forward and not looking where he was going. He shares a percentage of the blame. On the other hand, if he's not the first person those doors have hit, then no wonder the jury awarded large punitive damages. If you're going to have automatic doors then you need to make sure they don't close on people, that's just basic design to minimize liability.
[QUOTE=nuttyboffin;49101975]concussion (Headache).[/QUOTE]
While I agree this whole thing seems excessive, it's a very bad idea to write off a concussion as just a "headache".
Glad they payed out, greedy sons of bitches. Probably would've been less if they claimed liability.
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