No one is telling you that; civil default is not a thing in the criminal Justice system.
In which case, the closest equivalent would be if a civilian claimed they inhaled Marijuana smoke, therefore, $20 million. With the judge adding $10 million as a deterrent.
Also, the judge imposed $473 million of it. That’s entirely on the court.
It's provably false that “in any other case" such an amount would have been overruled, since much larger civil damage awards have been issued. If you mean to claim “on similar facts” then its an unfalsifiable counterfactual that just restares your conclusion as evidence for itself.
The only winning move is not to play.