[Kyle2k]

Originally Posted by Rhyder

The awards made in many cases are not actually for the benefit of the defendant, but most of the time as a form of punishment for the company. If you have a multimillion dollar company doing something, and you slap them with a $2000 fine, its meaningless. Slapping them with a 2 million dollar settlement, gets their, and other companies like them, attention and is more likely to stop the criminal activity.

THIS