A current resident of a trailer park in Baker, Louisiana, displaced from his New Orleans home by Hurricane Katrina, is suing the government of the United States for $3,000,000,000,000,000 in damages.
Far from being excessive, this is a sum any thoughtful jury should endorse. Three quadrillion dollar bills would solidly fill a volume of 2.5 cubic kilometers, and the Louisiana State income tax rakeoff from an individual in so exalted a bracket would yield enough greenbacks to completely landfill the areas flooded by levee failure in the storm.
Indeed, there would be enough dollar mulch left over to raise the entire greater New Orleans conurbation above the level of Bourbon Street, forever after sparing taxpayers need of the expensive and unreliable services of the Corps of Engineers.
Let us hope an enlightened judge is assigned the case.
I assume that $12,000 of the three quadrillion dollars is actual damages, and the remainder is punitive?
The whole point of punitive damages is punishment, although it seems to me that the suit should be directed against specific individuals, rather than the federal government.
It's not "too bad" that the Guard was off in Iraq, dying for the amusement of Mr. Bush, instead of protecting and defending the citizens of the US. It's indefensible.
RESPONSE
I defend it not at all.
As to the award demanded , I'd guess would end up as $6,000 in damages to the plaintiff, 1,500,000,000,000,000 to the attorney, and 1,499,999,999,994,000 to his law firm to cover the miscellaneous expenses of the case.
Posted by: Paul Ding | January 11, 2008 at 01:31 AM
That's a lot of damage to cope up with.
Posted by: business alarms | November 22, 2011 at 11:36 PM