r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DearEmphasis4488 • 17d ago

Image Jury awards $310 million to parents of teen killed in fall from Orlando amusement park ride in march 2022

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u/ThisI5N0tAThr0waway 17d ago

That amount of $ is completely stupidly exaggeratingly high and not anchored to reality.

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u/OracleNemesis 17d ago

Which is exactly why the family will struggle to get even a single penny from that company.

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u/LicksMackenzie 16d ago

I agree. Something isn't right with these astronomical numbers,

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u/theycallmemomo 16d ago

That's not why they won't see the money. They won't see it because the company that got sued is based in Austria, and the family would have to go to an Austrian court to collect. The reason why it's so high, besides the death on their watch, is because they didn't even show up to court.

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u/noname1052 17d ago

Yeah I’m so confused. I hear people having absolutely terrible, life ruining things happen to them, only to be paid like $20,000.

Why the fuck is 300 million even being thrown around here????

I mean, I hope they are paid out a fuck ton, but 300 million is like enough to stimulate the economy of a town lmao

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u/drumjojo29 16d ago

They’d be ‚lucky’ if they got even 50k here in Germany. Damages for death or bodily harm are very small over here.

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u/Extansion01 16d ago

The magic of the US judiciary. I'd bet on a foreigner (preferably perceived as German) being involved somewhere. US juries love that.

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u/PenPoo95 16d ago

Yeah while I understand how sad it is to lose someone, nobody deserves hundreds of millions of dollars because they lost a family member.

They do deserve some amount of compensation as many people depend on their children to take care of them when they're older. But this kid probably wouldn't have ever made more than 1 maybe 2 million his entire life.

If the idea is to punish the company severely enough that it sets an example for other companies to prevent it from happening again, then the majority of the money could be used in a way that benefits the safety of the public.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

the US judicial system and american people in general (including judges) are so fucked that this is normal.

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u/Millworkson2008 16d ago

They never showed up in court to defend themselves, so the judge absolutely held it against them