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What Are Punitive Damages and How Accident Victims Got Billions


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Why is Suits so popular? Is it the legal strategy, the drama, or just Harvey Specter being a stud? Legal shows aren’t anything like real life, but real legal drama is more compelling than fiction. The Karen Read trial proves that.

We break down real cases with massive verdicts. From the $50 million Starbucks tea burn to the GM gas tank explosion, the Ford Pinto, the drone footage that helped win a $70 million case, and more. We talk about what it takes to prove negligence, how companies try to hide evidence, and why punitive damages exist.

You’ll learn what happens when depositions go off script, when jurors deliver surprising outcomes, and what happens when lawyers end up in the upside-down world. This is what real legal work looks like.

Plus, a quick Karen Read update and one attorney’s unforgettable smart water moment in court.

 We are talking:

  • Starbucks tea burn for $50 million
  • McDonald’s hot coffee case
  • Ford Pinto case $125 million reduced to $3.5 million
  • GM gas tank explosion – $4.8 billion reduced to $1.2 billion
  • Another GM case for $60 million
  • Tierney Darden vs. City of Chicago for $148 million settled for $115 million
  • Highway construction drone case for over $70 million
  • State Farm Utah case for $125 million in punitive damages
  • Tobacco settlement  for $206 billion
  • BP Deepwater Horizon for $20 billion
  • VW Dieselgate for $14.7 billion
  • Explosion injury case with basement inspection





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We Win Injury LawBy Tyler Todd