[otterley]

Doubtful. The maximum damages that a court would likely find for the defendant -- even if Apple admitted all the allegations -- would be much, much smaller than that. (Consider that even wrongful death settlements or injury settlements are at most a few million; and this alleged victim's injuries were only reputational.) Settlements often boil down to a fraction of the maximum theoretical damages, so I expect the value to be in the 5 figures at most.