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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat is the maximum the jury can award Carroll?
Because I think anything less that $50 million won't mean anything.
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What is the maximum the jury can award Carroll? (Original Post)
edhopper
Jan 2024
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Patience. She'll get Bedminster after the next trial when he does it again.
Buns_of_Fire
Jan 2024
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gab13by13
(32,360 posts)1. I think I heard Stephanie Miller say
Eleventy billion.
Ocelot II
(130,614 posts)2. In some jurisdictions there's a cap on punitive damages; they can be up to
some certain percentage of the plaintiff's compensatory damages. I don't know whether that applies in this case but we'll soon find out.
bucolic_frolic
(55,216 posts)3. You mean in this lawsuit, or the ensuing ones?
Damages are now cyclic. Infinite payouts.
TSExile
(3,363 posts)4. What's the over/under?
I still say it will be a billion.
Buns_of_Fire
(19,165 posts)5. Since he might not have enough ready cash to pay, let's make it easy.
Give her Trump Tower. Or Mar-A-Lago. Or both.
MurrayDelph
(5,755 posts)7. Better yet
Give her Bedminster so she can dig up Ivana's cenotaph.
Buns_of_Fire
(19,165 posts)8. Patience. She'll get Bedminster after the next trial when he does it again.
I wonder how much longer the MAGATs are going to be able to afford the neverending pleasure of his wit and sparking personality.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,914 posts)6. He has other BILLIONAIRE friends he could live with.
If he were to lose his business empire in New York.
The market values for TT and M-a-L would be less than $50 million for sure if awarded to Ms. Carroll.