Gavel-and-Money. The issue is drawing the line between reasonable and unreasonable jury awards, and that is a more subjective assessment. Credit: VIPDesign – Fotolia

Since 2009, Georgia has seen a total of $4.43B in what a new report by Marathon Strategies now describes as "thermonuclear verdicts" — jury damage awards against corporations that are so big, the word "nuclear" can no longer cut it. 

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