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Originally Posted by stang
Tried to stay out, and not going to get into the whole "if it was on purpose" thing.
However, I don't really care if he was retiring the next day and already had his whole pension figured out. Sounds like he's in a lot of pain and might be in pain for the rest of his life. I would never want to live the rest of my days like that. I hope he gets compensated. Some of you have to stop worrying about what his possible future earnings might be and start thinking of quality of life.
I'd pay 10 mil to not live my retirement with back and neck issues.
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Except the law compensates very differently for pain than it does for loss of future income. They're separate considerations and are assessed separately. It is extremely relevant if he intended to retire, because then he is not foregoing any income as a result of the injury. Wideman only has to compensate for the losses he actually caused.