Hulk Hogan wins $115 million in sex tape suit against Gawker

[Miles Archer]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-hulkhogan-verdict-idUSKCN0WK2UA?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter

A Florida jury awarded Hulk Hogan $115 million on Friday after finding the Gawker website violated his privacy by publishing a sex tape of the celebrity wrestler.

Hogan sought $100 million in damages over the edited video that Gawker posted online in 2012. The case weighed a celebrity's right to privacy in the Internet age against freedom of the press as protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. Good.

[Land Shark]

2. These unusual uber-verdicts mean zillions of actually hurting folks get nothing or a pittance

Because that is what usually happens. Then juries react to verdicts like this and punish thousands of future plaintiffs to adjust for this excessive verdict. Having a sex tape distributed is a very bad thing it is just not 115 million (unless those were the profits off of it, which is highly doubtful)

[ejbr]

3. And the guy

who spent 20 plus years sitting in prison for a crime he didn't commit gets 1 million. Sign of the times.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. "YEAH BROTHER!!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN HULKAMANIA SUES YOUR ASS!!!" nt