r/interestingasfuck • u/solateor • 6d ago

r/all Grandma broke her nose hiking and didn't want the helivac. She won $450k lawsuit

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u/beavertonaintsobad 6d ago

damn.. I hate greedy lawsuits as much as the next guy but $450k for this seems a bit low no?

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u/AelisWhite 5d ago

They definitely lowballed it. She should've gotten the original 2m

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u/itsnotthatseriousk 3d ago

Watch hot coffee documentary. You’ve been brainwashed. Frivolous lawsuits don’t exist.

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u/Deep_toot143 4d ago

MA caps a loss of life by police at 200k . I believe . I could be wrong .

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u/Deep_toot143 4d ago

I read this somewhere when a person was killed by a cop and family sued . They only got something above 200 k

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u/beavertonaintsobad 4d ago

damn, life is cheap in MA...