Bullsh*t Hunting

Bullsh*t Hunting

The $91 million dollar word.

It's "if."

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Mar 10, 2026
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On May 9, 2014, a man working as a stonemason was injured in a fall from a scaffold or staging while repairing a bridge over the Charles River.

On December 1, 20251, a Massachusetts judge awarded him $90,971,6122. The sum was awarded not as damages for his physical injuries — he had already been compensated for those — but because of the way his claims ha…

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