On Dec 3, 4:37 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:
Robert M. Gary wrote:
I can't help but wonder what the situation would produce for a totally
innocent man charged with a crime he didn't commit standing in front of
a judge about to pass sentence on him saying to that judge;
"Judge, you are the most stupid, idiotic, and just plain ugly human
piece of trash I've ever seen in my entire life."

I should mention that often when a jury awards a really large
judgement against someone what the defendant actually has to pay is
less. This can happen either because the judge finds the award too
high and reduces it (as in the Cessna 182 seat rail case) or because
the sides settle to avoid appeals. In the McD's case both happened.
The jury awarded Ms. Liebeck $2.9 million, the judge reduced it to
$650,000 and then the two sides settled for an undisclosed amount.

-Robert