>The class action lawsuit against the IRS seeks $25,000 in compensatory damages "per violation per individual" in addition to punitive damages for constitutional violations. Thus, compensatory damages could start at a minimum of $250 billion.

that should make some multimorbides or hypochondriacs veeery rich. In germany it would not come to a court action - some ruling would be found or created to excuse the stuff - only sometimes forbidding it for the future.