I’m not saying it was a slam dunk. I’m saying you have 0 idea what you’re talking about by averring that a runaway jury would award damages that don’t exist in this type of case.

Well, it was a False Claims Act suit about UPMC billing CMS for the services of a physician who physically could not have provided them, thus defrauding the federal government and endangering patients. The only damages available under the FCA are mandatory — not discretionary — treble damages for payments made by the government and mandatory civil penalties for each false claim. There are no pain & suffering damages, and punitive damages are not available. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say you have no clue what you’re talking about.