Magnum, a well-known private investigator, has a very unhappy client, C, who does not like her (Magnum’s) work because he was hoping for a different kind of truth. C refuses to pay and calls every TV station in town saying “Magnum is a liar and a crook!” The story gets lots of coverage. Magnum sues and wins – $100,000, her fee as charged; $400,000 compensatory damages for defamation; and   $500,000 punitive damages. For the year in which she collects this $1M, Magnum will have to include in her gross income $____. Why is that the correct amount

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Magnum, a well-known private investigator, has a very unhappy client, C, who does not like her (Magnum’s) work because he was hoping for a different kind of truth. C refuses to pay and calls every TV station in town saying “Magnum is a liar and a crook!” The story gets lots of coverage. Magnum sues and wins –

  • $100,000, her fee as charged;
  • $400,000 compensatory damages for defamation; and  
  • $500,000 punitive damages.

For the year in which she collects this $1M, Magnum will have to include in her gross income $____. Why is that the correct amount

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