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Originally Posted by evangilder  They certainly made mistakes and adequate compensation is in order, but not 5 million. It comes down to greed, plain and simple. I don't believe in punitive damages in cases like these. No one was injured or killed, just inconvenienced. |
Generally I agree with what you are saying. I guess the argument about punative damages is to give the airline a good reason to change practices. Otherwise they would just pay the $5k and keep screwing the passengers.
I would prefer to see the judge toss the 5 million punative award, but give him the $5,000+ costs and
order the airline to change its customer handling practices.
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