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Vilnius_Nastavnik t1_j29it19 wrote

Reply to comment by Grandmaster-1090 in Private guards hired by MTA arrested for NYC subway beatdown by 1600hazenstreet

Which is just bananas as a legal strategy.

"Oh look here's a claim where we definitely fucked up and are definitely going to end up paying. I could settle it right now for $250k or I could pay a legion of attorneys and paralegals several years' salary to be super obnoxious and then either settle it with interest or get taken to the cleaners by a jury. Yeah, let's do that, can't have those money-grubbing people we injure thinking we're soft!"

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Dont_mute_me_bro t1_j2dcz7u wrote

Fail to do so and every two bit film flam artist and their lawyers will concoct Fugazi scams for a cheap payout.

Perhaps litigation reform might help?

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