The jury awarded Mann $1 in compensatory damages from each plaintiff. It also awarded $1,000 in punitive damages from Simberg and $1 million from Steyn.
Punitive damages are supposed to be rare and for malicious cases, and they generally don't exceed compensatory damages. I can't see how it's justifiable that compensatory damages (supposed to be a calculation of damages incurred as a result of the alleged tort) is 1/1,000,000 of punitive damages. $1 compensatory damages is an admission the plaintiff suffered virtually no damage. What a complete farce.
They were probably told they had to have some basis for compensatory damages but punitive could be awarded as they like. Well, they want to punish people who challenge their worldview, so there you go.
Political persecution
Punitive damages are supposed to be rare and for malicious cases, and they generally don't exceed compensatory damages. I can't see how it's justifiable that compensatory damages (supposed to be a calculation of damages incurred as a result of the alleged tort) is 1/1,000,000 of punitive damages. $1 compensatory damages is an admission the plaintiff suffered virtually no damage. What a complete farce.
Jurors in DC are real dumb.
They were probably told they had to have some basis for compensatory damages but punitive could be awarded as they like. Well, they want to punish people who challenge their worldview, so there you go.