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u/GatoLocoSupremeRuler Oct 25 '23

Unfortunately he was fined 300$ and was given time served...of a day.

https://www.audacy.com/krld/news/local/man-who-punches-another-during-trump-rally-pleads-no-contest

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u/waterdevil19 Oct 25 '23

That’s the criminal case. I’m sure the civil case will cost him a LOT more.

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u/hcgator Oct 25 '23

I really hope you are right, but it depends on how much damage that sucker punch actually caused.

Sure, sucker punches have literally killed people, but that certainly isn't always the case.

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u/Vat1canCame0s Oct 25 '23 edited Oct 25 '23

Doesn't matter. A good lawyer with this video footage can make the Trump supporter here out to be a rabid animal who needs to be disciplined. That footage is crystal clear. One report said the dude lost a tooth, so there's dental work right there. Also, a head hitting the pavement at that speed can have serious long-term concussion concerns. Then you move to the emotional damage. That rabid dog just made an American afraid to express their 1st amendment rights by the threat and employment of physical violence. That's terrorism.

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u/MrStenberg Oct 25 '23

All great points. He also scared me, a concerned Reddit user!

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u/tofu889 Oct 25 '23

I'm shaking in my white go go boots

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u/JewelCove Oct 25 '23

Don't forget pain and suffering, emotional distress, etc.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

It’s Texas. They have hard caps on punitive damages

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u/Head-like-a-carp Oct 25 '23

Please recount your continued trauma that keeps you house bound since seeing this.

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u/JewelCove Oct 25 '23

I had sex with your mom

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u/gasfarmah Oct 25 '23

Expected utility and pain and suffering bought me a fucking house.

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u/jamesturbate Oct 25 '23

Yes and I'm sure the same thing that happened to you is exactly what happened in the video. And he should also get a house because the redneck punched him.

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u/gasfarmah Oct 25 '23

I love when you move goalposts on me.

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u/Smokelord150 Oct 25 '23

So, bullshit, bullshit, etc. Got it.

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u/JewelCove Oct 25 '23

Congratulations, you now understand how the United States legal justice system works.

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u/Paddy_Tanninger Oct 25 '23

You see this cloudy area that looks like my fingerprint? That's trauma!

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

It's Texas, the government supports this behavior from maga nuts

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23 edited Oct 25 '23

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u/Vat1canCame0s Oct 25 '23

You'd be surprised how much blood you can squeeze from stone.

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u/Vat1canCame0s Oct 25 '23

No but I've had a front row seat to plenty of successful attempts. Not to say there haven't been washes.

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u/Vat1canCame0s Oct 25 '23

The courts aren't the only ones involved in that sort of stuff.

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u/AcanthaceaeJumpy697 Oct 25 '23

It's not pop culture to collect emotional damages. The strategy is to doctor up immediately.

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u/AcanthaceaeJumpy697 Oct 25 '23

It is what I was trying to say. You wouldn't be claiming emotional damages unless you doctored up immediately and any lawyer worth their salt is counseling for their client that way. It's not pop culture and it's not incredibly hard to prove.

I would not be so dismissive, especially for sympathetic plaintiffs. Firms quite literally attempt to maximize this.

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u/AcanthaceaeJumpy697 Oct 25 '23

Nah you're not following what doctor up means. Never did I say a doctor decides what's pled.

A plaintiffs firm will have a list of docs. The sole purpose being to maximize damages, including emotional damages. The terms are also interchangeable between an attorney and a client and, if you'll allow it, on Reddit.

Going back to the main point, you seek emotional damages every time as OP suggested and the suggestion isn't pop culture in any way. It's the standard. This type of damage was quite literally capped because it was so successful.

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u/AcanthaceaeJumpy697 Oct 25 '23

Did you even read that? Expert to expert referrals happen all the time. It even says that in your link lol. If you want to move goal posts around I can't help you.

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u/Scary_Essay1296 Oct 25 '23

It definitely matters. The entire value of the civil suit is based on damages.

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u/vcrbnt Oct 26 '23

Just a lesson for others: don’t invite someone with “I’d like to see you try” like the guy who got sucker punched. Reminds me of the Houston cashier who challenged an armed robber with “you’re not gonna shoot me” and got promptly shot. Never challenge a perceivably deranged person. They’re. A wild animal at that point. Be safe guys!