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ELI5:How do compensatory damages for a sex tape reach 115mil?

Granted, it was a horrible thing to do, but *before punitive damages*, the sum is already 14 times Hogan's net worth. How is it calculated?
gpt
To answer your question literally, in tort law compensatory damages are calculated by determining what amount would "make the plaintiff whole" again. 

There's a bunch of factors that can be taken into account. Lose of job prospects/income is one; however, they also take loss of reputation/public good will as one. The lawyer would have had to make an argument as to why what happened to Hulk damaged to that amount, and without reading the argument it is hard to tell why the jury decided that was the case. There's no set formula, although there are books called Jury Reporters that tell you what was awarded in certain cases. The lawyer may also have been able to point to that as a reference. Again, without being able to read the lawyers argument it is hard to tell.