Nikki Moody sues Bill Fennelly over Racial Discrimination...

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jbhtexas

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If they're settling for 60K, I don't see that as a likely outcome.

Why? It seems to me that it would be easier to make a case of discrimination or whatever else she was claiming against an individual than it would be to make a case against an entire institution.

I am certainly not saying she will do it, but I will not be surprised if she gives it a try.
 

VeloClone

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$60K in a discrimination case? This is the very definition of a nuisance settlement. If anyone takes this as suggesting in any way that this indicates guilt they are an idiot. Attorney's fees alone could easily gobble up more than that $60K.

It's a really sad state of affairs that it often makes sense to pay someone who is making a false claim against you.
 

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So she'll barely make anything off this after paying her lawyers...
 

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Why? It seems to me that it would be easier to make a case of discrimination or whatever else she was claiming against an individual than it would be to make a case against an entire institution.

I am certainly not saying she will do it, but I will not be surprised if she gives it a try.

$60K in a discrimination case? This is the very definition of a nuisance settlement. If anyone takes this as suggesting in any way that this indicates guilt they are an idiot. Attorney's fees alone could easily gobble up more than that $60K.

It's a really sad state of affairs that it often makes sense to pay someone who is making a false claim against you.

I'm going to agree with Velo here...
 
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ArgentCy

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A great case for the institution of loser pays attorney fees. That would put a crimp on these almost completely frivolous lawsuits. The state would have had no reason to settle and the attorney's would have taken a much closer look at the case, instead they still collected what, $25,000.
 

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$60K in a discrimination case? This is the very definition of a nuisance settlement. If anyone takes this as suggesting in any way that this indicates guilt they are an idiot. Attorney's fees alone could easily gobble up more than that $60K.

It's a really sad state of affairs that it often makes sense to pay someone who is making a false claim against you.
Obviously guilty bc they settled
 
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