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  • yuekit1

    $100k in damages awarded for attempted murder with an animated GIF

    https://pinews.com/settlement-re…

    • I consider the threat of seizure to be the seizure warning. lol at “attempted murder” and “deadly weapon”imbecile
    • A question for you Americans... If you have to pay something like that amount is it an insurance thing or does the person actually have to give £100k?!Hayzilla
    • Not an expert but I would assume if the person has insurance like if it was a car accident it might be covered. I don't see how it's covered in this case lolyuekit
    • they take anything you have in savings to pay it. you can claim bankruptcy but you can garnish their wages and take a % of their wages until its paid off.shellie
    • Most people have to keep working to survive so there's income. A woman sued my sister for talking shit and my sister paid her $100 a month until she died.shellie
    • you could have prepaid legal services which helps to fight it with lawyers. there has to be some sort of liability insurance that covers this but never seen oneshellie
    • Fuck me. Are Americans not petrified constantly that they could lose everything at any given moment. Mad.Hayzilla
    • And yet the UK has some of the most onerous Libel laws in the world, which is why rich foreigners wrangle circumstance to come here and sue each other.Nairn
    • I memba in the 90s Pokemon cartoon caused many kids to have epileptic seizures. Reporting in news that night, they replayed the relevant seizure-Nairn
    • -inducing footage, resulting in many more hundreds of people, including adults, having seizures.Nairn
    • * in JapanNairn

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