Described as being part of a “lottery mentality” trend, jury awards are reaching into the tens of millions — and even billions — of dollars for personal injury and liability lawsuits.
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Just look at some of the payouts from recent verdicts:
$35 million was awarded to a quadriplegic man battling his insurance company after being hit by a drunk driver.
$1 billion was awarded in a record verdict by a 12-person Georgia-jury to a young rape victim.
$150 billion was awarded in damages to the family of a child who was horrifically burned.
These awards are “hollow…
