$23.6bn payout

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Woman awarded $23.6bn payout by a US court over the death of her husband from smoking related cancer.

Putting aside the why's and wherefores of the whole case, and assuming the tobacco company in question lose their appeal, just how is one 'given' $23bn?

Lorry loads of cash, trust funds, cigarettes to the value of... etc?

Interested to know.

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

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tenpenceshort said:

Hooli said:

tenpenceshort said:

Whilst the amounts involved are utterly crazy, I do think it strange that cigarettes are still allowed to be manufactured and sold in the way that they are. If it were a modern pharmaceutical or foodstuff, known to have such toxic effects, it would be withdrawn immediately and that would be that.

So would paracetamol.

I think they have in some countries. When I was in the jungle, I couldn't find any....

Will anybody get it, I wonder?

There are no parrots in the jungle with headaches...



(Icmfp )



Anyway, back to my original question (unless it's been answered and I've not seen it) how does one get paid large amounts of damages?