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Appellate courts don't just 'swoop in' proactively unless there is some seriously major fuckery going on in the court of origination (lower court the case is being adjudicated) to justify it.
So why wasn't the verdict thrown out completely rather than just reduced to $175 million?
HeadSet says
So why wasn't the verdict thrown out completely rather than just reduced to $175 million?
Because the verdict itself doesn't violate the 8th amendment. The payment arrangements imposed by that judge do. That's my guess.
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