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I think the verdict was fair, but I think the fine was too much. Although you want a fine to be large enough to be a deterrent, I think complete financial ruination is going too far, especially since there's been no physical harm done, and absolutely no evidence of financial harm to the plaintiffs.
Fine her $2,000, or even $20,000, I can see that... it'll suck for her, but she can still have a life, and pay her debt within 5 years. $220,000 is more like a 30-year mortgage of payments! If she'd physically stolen 1,720 records, the jail time she'd get wouldn't equal 30 years... the dollar figure loss wouldn't equal $220,000.
The decision just seems too off-kilter to me. Feels like a witch-hunt trial (something 16th century men would pull on 16th century women who wouldn't have sex with them, or who wouldn't keep secret that they did) (also something jealous 16th century women pulled on other 16th century women who messed with their 16th century men)... the punishment doesn't fit the crime.
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