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Jackass A West
Virginia convenience store worker was awarded a whopping $2,699,000 in
punitive damages after she injured her back opening a pickle jar, this
according to a report in the Charleston Daily Mail.
The 'injured' worker also received $130,066 in compensation and
$170,000 for emotional distress.
A State Supreme Court Justice, Spike Maynard, called this award an
"outrageous sum." In his dissenting opinion, he wrote,
"I know an excessive punitive damages award when I see one, and I
see one here."
The court, however, upheld most of the punitive damages. Net
result: $2.2 million.
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