The owner of the meat processing plant was ordered to pay a whopping $1143 to a teen who lost his hand in a meat grinder
in a just society the company would be forced to pay out millions to this kid. then owners, executives, and anyone involved in the hiring/management around this incident would face criminal charges. those ppl are a danger to society and would benefit from a decade or so of real labor
JFC I bet it cost more to clean his bits out of the grinder
Fines for illicit drug posession in the state of Michigan can reach up to $25,000 for personal use btw. Heroin addicts are forced pay 25k and child mutilators only have to make a down payment on a used car.
Does that even cover a hospital bill in the US?
My interpretation was that this is just a fine as a deterrence and the kid will have to sue them to get actual compensation. Of course the fine is so ridiculously low it wouldn’t deter jack shit.
That’s probably the case/intent, since that article called it a fine. And yes you’re right, it’s a very trivial fine to a large enough corporation - I’d assume it’s cheaper to pay half a dozen fines and settlements than to systematically prevent this kind of thing from happening. The ‘recall formula’ scene in Fight Club comes to mind.
