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This reminds me of the family who was awarded $4 in damages for a wrongful death suit. [0] It's almost worse than nothing.

[0] https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2018/06/01/jury-awards-family-f...

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It was later reduced to 4 cents, and later overturned.

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/st-lucie-county/2022...

All involved very split juries - so I think the low amount was kind of a compromise by the jury in each case.

Interesting to note the particular judge in that case:

> jurors sent a note to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon stating “we are deadlocked. We are unable to come to a unanimous decision.”

> Cannon encouraged them to continue deliberating.

In this case the judge does not seem relevant. The decision does need to be unanimous from the jury.

The judge is always relevant. The judge's decisions throughout the trial can greatly influence its outcome.

> The decision does need to be unanimous from the jury.

Not in civil trials.

Louisiana and Oregon didn't require unanimous juries in many criminal trials either until 2019 and 2020 respectively.

[1]: https://apnews.com/article/a4f065037299491913827b7d8eda9023

[2]: https://www.findlaw.com/litigation/filing-a-lawsuit/trial-an...

It kinda is worse, it's saying, "We admit we fucked up, we admit we owe you, we just don't give a damn." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppercorn_(law)

I wonder when we'll start to have some estimate of indirect/direct death toll. This took down several 911 type services and hospitals, some reported imaging down, some being back to paper and pen at ER.

Don't forget airports. Can't help but wonder how many emergency helicopter rides were delayed

Were any air traffic control systems affected, or just the computer systems of various airlines?

At least their domain is descriptive, that article is much to do about nothing -- civil cases aren't criminal cases with a boolean outcome. The award isn't recognition that the life was worth $4, it is a recognition that the defendant did just about nothing wrong.

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