Owner of car dealership labeled "Taliban Toyota" wins millions

[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

But what did the slander cost the recipient in business lost? And what ensures that the offender doesn't do it again?

The fact that he can and will get sued again for the same thing means he probably wont do it again. And the compensatory damages were 2.5 million, while he gets double that in punitive damages, totaling 7.5 million dollars.

And tribesman was commenting about something not exactly relating to business slander, about freedom of speech instead, which is why i replied with something that didnt exactly relate to business slander. I thought the damages were a bit over the top considering that this can happen to any business suing another, with the same if not more payouts in punitive damages with essentially the same kind of slander, getting paid large punitive damages that disproportionately overshadow the actually damages. The only problem i had is with this fact, not this case.