Phelps

[Tribesman]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/wor...l_tab01_layout
A nice result , I hope it isn't overturned on appeal .

[Furious Mental]

In all fairness to the bigoted defendants, I do not see how simply yelling hateful diatribes at someone can possibly cause $2.9 million in damage. Even if I experienced something that gave me a debilitating mental disorder I would probably not get that much out of a court here.

[HoreTore]

I really don't understand how people can get so much money from lawsuits...

Why do people allow it?

[Fragony]

Never ceases to amaze me as well, but good for them. Scum.

[Furious Mental]

"Why do people allow it?"

Well I suspect it has something to do with the fact that their chosen venue to protest was the funeral of a dead soldier. In America no less.

[HoreTore]

"Why do people allow it?"

Well I suspect it has something to do with the fact that their chosen venue to protest was the funeral of a dead soldier. In America no less.

Yes. But 2.9 million...?

[Whacker]

In all fairness to the bigoted defendants, I do not see how simply yelling hateful diatribes at someone can possibly cause $2.9 million in damage. Even if I experienced something that gave me a debilitating mental disorder I would probably not get that much out of a court here.

Doing that when you are burying your 20 year old son will do it.

The price tag was more punitive than anything, as this family will now live forever with the memory of their son's funeral and how horrible it was. $11 mil is an incentive to not protest this nonsense at a private setting. If they do it in front of a courthouse or public venue just like everyone else can, whatever, fine, who cares, but not in the midst of a grieving family.