Terrible case but how is $261 million dollars a valid amount for anything. How do you even get to an astronomical figure like that when even the people that caused the financial crises of 2008 got charged a fraction of that.
You determine how much money the defendant has and devise an amount that will actually matter to them.
>How do you even get to an astronomical figure like that when even the people that caused the financial crises of 2008 got charged a fraction of that.
Completely irrelevant.
Taking money proportionally from the government, city or hospital is not incentive to change . There are no shareholders who will hold management accountable . Voters or donors cannot influence administration easily .
Rest of damage calculation is between five and thirty million for each charge of either false imprisonment, battery or the sexual battery (unwanted hugging and kissing), medical negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress separately for Maya, her mother and family members, and for costing the family financially.
I agree that large damages could have been calculated for some perpetrators of the financial crisis.