Hunter Biden Wins $1 In Actual Damages, $1.7 Million Punitive
Byrne defaulted by skipping court orders, so Judge Wilson set the punitive figure alone, inflating a Canadian judgment fifty percent.
- Byrne's original claim: an $800 million bribery scheme tying Biden to Iran.
- The court barred one of Byrne's would-be attorneys, citing 'unethical conduct.'
- The 1,700,000-to-1 punitive ratio dwarfs the Supreme Court's 10-to-1 guidepost from BMW v. Gore.
Why it matters: A defendant who never showed up left one side free to set both the harm and its price.
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