[jayess]

Good lord, $129 million in compensatory damages is absurd.

One thing you notice when visiting Florida is that every other billboard says "In a wreck? Get a check! Call Lawyer Ambulance Chaser Jones!!"

[metabagel]

How much is your life worth?

[knodi123]

to me? an infinite amount! So trying to measure it in dollar terms is already a pointless exercise.

If you want to see the hole in this argument, try looking at it from the other side- How can you arrive at the conclusion that a life is worth only $329M? Why so low? Why not a billion, or a trillion?

If you have to come up with an objective and dispassionate standard, then I doubt you'd find one where the number it generates is $329 million.

[metabagel]

> So trying to measure it in dollar terms is already a pointless exercise.

That strikes me as an argument for a judgement of zero dollars, which is the exact opposite of the reality that life is worth infinitely more than money.

[knodi123]

You must not be a programmer, or you'd understand that NULL !== 0

;-)

But my overarching point is that $329,000,000 is an absurd and arbitrary number, so for my purposes, either value NULL or 0 would make my case.

[SoftTalker]

What is a reasonable forecast of your personal balance sheet at the time of your natural death?

Of course human life itself doesn't have a dollar value, but that also means that money cannot replace a lost life.

[metabagel]

> money cannot replace a lost life

So, money is basically worthless compared to life. That's why there are huge judgements when someone is found at fault for the death of another.

I think Tesla's apparent carelessness is a factor in this judgement as well.

[jayess]

Probably a few million, tops.