>Somewhat indirectly, the compensatory damage claimed was $175,000 but the lawyer asked for $1.5M. How do you justify that? Fortunately, the jury had a fair number of well educated individuals and awarded no punitive damages, only compensatory, no matter the theatrics of the sleazeball laywer (maybe sleazeball Edwards is better at this)
>But let's look at this doctor's business. He is one of the best ones in his field and charges some 12K, and says openly to all his incoming patients that his success rate is about 97%. 3 out of 100 of these elective surgeries don't succeed.
Although math is something I'm averse to, as a Democrat, I notice that you're missing a couple of items in your reasoning...
First of all, how typical is the size of the award you're talking about (I don't know, I'm just asking)?
Second, how many of those 3 failures sue? If it's 1/10th, that drops your numbers substantially.
Then, out of that number, how many make it to a jury?
And, out of that number, how many are awarded compensatory damages, and how many punitive?
Potentially changes the math significantly, no?
Of course, it might not change it at all, but I don't think that's the case.
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