Wife of cancer victim awarded $23.6bn

[PHmember]

How on earth does a jury reach a figure of over $23 BILLION??

'A US court has ordered the country's second largest cigarette company to pay $23.6 billion (£13.8bn) to the wife of a smoker who died of lung cancer.'

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28389273