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> Terrible case but how is $261 million dollars a valid amount for anything.

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.

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Hmm.. this is not a company. A non profit hospital. Taking $261M from them is not hurting hospital management it is going to affect a lot of children who need the hospital and it's infrastructure

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 .

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