The Hulk Hogan vs Gawker Sextape Case - Fukkery Watch Thread! Hogan goes over, awarded $115 million!

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He could be getting a little more than $115 million according to TMZ.

The judgment Hulk Hogan got Friday could be small potatoes compared to what he could end up getting after the Florida jury socks Gawker with punitive damages for posting his sex tape.

Hulk was awarded $115 million in compensatory damages. The jury will decide next week how much to tack on by way of punitive damages, which are designed to punish defendants for intentional wrongdoing.

The Florida Supreme Court generally tolerates punitive damage awards that are 2 to 3 times the amount of compensatory damages. Anything more than 3 times is dicey ... the Court often slices excessive judgments down to size.

But 3 times compensatory damages would be a whopping $345 million, added to the $115 mil compensatory judgment, that would give Hulk a grand total of $460 million.

Gawker has already vowed to appeal.

Hulk Hogan -- Judgment Could Swell to Nearly Half A BILLION DOLLARS
 

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Judge Pamela Campbell, who for much of the trial had ruled favorably towards Hogan's lawyers, instructed the jurors that they couldn't award damages that would financially destroy or bankrupt any of the defendants. They were asked to consider the net worth of Gawker, its founder Nick Denton and former editor A.J. Daulerio in their decision. With the company being valued at $83 million, Denton being worth $121 million and Daulerio having no assets, whilst owing $27,000 in student loans (for a total of just over $200 million), the jurors didn't have much wiggle room in terms of the amount of punitive damages they could award.


Thus, it wasn't too surprising that the jury went relatively easy on the defendants this time around. They awarded Hogan an extra $25.1 million in punitive damages, of which Gawker Media will have to pay $15 million, Denton will have to pay $10 million and Daulerio will have to pay $100,000.

Thus, Hogan's total winnings comes to $140.1 million. Well, if he can hold onto it all after the inevitable appeals process.
 

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Judge Pamela Campbell, who for much of the trial had ruled favorably towards Hogan's lawyers, instructed the jurors that they couldn't award damages that would financially destroy or bankrupt any of the defendants. They were asked to consider the net worth of Gawker, its founder Nick Denton and former editor A.J. Daulerio in their decision. With the company being valued at $83 million, Denton being worth $121 million and Daulerio having no assets, whilst owing $27,000 in student loans (for a total of just over $200 million), the jurors didn't have much wiggle room in terms of the amount of punitive damages they could award.


Thus, it wasn't too surprising that the jury went relatively easy on the defendants this time around. They awarded Hogan an extra $25.1 million in punitive damages, of which Gawker Media will have to pay $15 million, Denton will have to pay $10 million and Daulerio will have to pay $100,000.

Thus, Hogan's total winnings comes to $140.1 million. Well, if he can hold onto it all after the inevitable appeals process.

If he walks away with even $75 million after appeals, dude will probably wipe away damn near ever L he ever took. Wrestling fans may never forgive his racist ass but dude about to cash out at Gawker's expense and there won't be shyt Linda or anyone else can do about it.
 
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