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re: Spectrum found liable for the murder of an 83 yr old woman. To pay $7.3 billion to family
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:31 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:31 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
I'd be curious to know his criminal history. Unless it's something horrible, I don't see how Spectrum should be liable.
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Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:32 pm to Scruffy
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How much is Spectrum even worth as a company?
83.4 billion
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:32 pm to Topwater Trout
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IDK how they can hold the company responsible
Me either, unless he told his boss that he was stalking houses on the clock for later armed robberies. Or something equally preposterous.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:33 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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Spectrum found liable for the murder of an 83 yr old woman. To pay $7.3 billion to family
There's literally zero chance in hell this will be paid. I can't even fathom how that amount of money was deemed even remotely fair. Did this woman shite gold bricks 24/7 and give them to the family? Jesus
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:33 pm to dgnx6
quote:Not based on just those facts. Plaintiffs had to prove more than those facts.quote:Spectrum guilty
Holden Jr., a cable installer for Spectrum, had reportedly made a service call to Thomas's home one day and, on the next day, came back to the woman's home and killed her. Holden Jr. had returned to Thomas's home in his uniform while driving his company vehicle, the Star-Telegram reports. He stabbed Thomas to death and left her to die in front of her television while he robbed her.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:33 pm to Yellerhammer5
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I just signed Meemaw up for spectrum.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:33 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Hello Exxon Valdez
Sound great...won't work
Sound great...won't work
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:33 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Just imagine what the payout would’ve been if the killer and victim’s color were the opposite.
$7.3 billion + hate crime = $$$$$
$7.3 billion + hate crime = $$$$$
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:33 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
quote:So, this lady’s murder results in a verdict worth 9% of the company?
83.4 billion
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:33 pm to caro81
I guess you give the family all the money you have in the bank, declare bankruptcy, lock the doors, and walk away. And frick all the employees and customers.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:34 pm to Damone
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People will say it's excessive, but I read up on this and Spectrum was HORRIBLE. They basically didn't do any background checks on technicians and they deleted surveillance video that showed the technician going in and out of their yard multiple times on the day of the murder.
Oh, and apparently tried to forge some document in an effort to push the case out of court and into private arbitration.
If this is all true then I say let em burn.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:36 pm to mauser
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I guess you give the family all the money you have in the bank, declare bankruptcy, lock the doors, and walk away. And frick all the employees and customers.
This will settle for like 12 million
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:37 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
I hate that the award naturally becomes the story here, but I would gladly be murdered to death at 83 by a crazy person if it meant my family got that kind of money.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:40 pm to GRTiger
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I would gladly be murdered to death
I could understand being murdered, but what you’ve described here is going a little too far for me.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:41 pm to dgnx6
quote:Was probably a tax payer funded inmate rehabilitation program. I wonder if the verdict will cause companies to rethink this liberal restorative justice philosophy and start hiring hard working semi intelligent people again.
Equity hire
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:41 pm to Yellerhammer5
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just signed Meemaw up for spectrum.
Haven’t laughed this hard at something on this board in a while
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:42 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Automation will be welcomed. The do gooders are making sure of that.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:44 pm to High C
nice I almost added an "absolute" in there, but even I don't know if it's worth it at that point.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:44 pm to Topwater Trout
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IDK how they can hold the company responsible
You are not getting the full story. Spectrum quit conducting background checks on its hires as they deemed it to be racist. This guy had a very shady background that would have prohibited his hiring with a simple background check. Also, they kept billing the family $58.00 for the service call on which the women was killed. Went so far as to turn it over to collections. There are some other areas of wrongdoing on Spectrum's account that I won't get into. I believe the jury was sending a message to Spectrum and any other company that sends service workers into peoples homes to know who you are dealing with and not endanger the lives of innocent people.
Edit: Wrote this before I saw Damone's post.
This post was edited on 7/28/22 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 7/28/22 at 3:45 pm to lowspark12
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just signed Meemaw up for spectrum.
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Haven’t laughed this hard at something on this board in a while
Needs to be made a Top Reply
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