Punitives Cannot News Today

look, weve all been waiting to see what lies might cost, eventually. we know what they might cost a family, maybe a country, maybe a democracy. the toll, the human misery. but the question for a texas jury today is what it should cost conspiracy theorist alex jones. we now have our answer. nearly $50 million. now, recall jones was already ordered to pay more than $4 million this whats called compensatory damages just yesterday. that to the parents of a beautiful 6-year-old child, a lit...

Distress award of $60 million. and our punitive award was only $25, because at that time, gawkers represented net wort was thing $150 or whatever and the law would have bankrupted them. you cant -- most states will have a law that say that punitives cannot be used to bankrupt a company, which is why there is a discussion of net worth. the numbers dont offend me. whether they hold up becomes a by-product of texas law, where theyre trying it. and that usually is going to be somewhat well-establish...