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Cake day: July 15th, 2023

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  • yeah. for the corporation, maybe. though 95% of cases all settle out of court and get dropped. Some of that is because they got dragged along. but a lot of that also is that if the corporation deems they’re at fault they’re going to want to settle every time… and usually try to do that before you get a lawyer telling you how much the claim is worth.

    Outback is the defendant, not the plaintiff. There’s not much motive for a plaintiff to delay by a year or more outside of recovering/rehab, and trying to settle out of court before filing. that said, you generally have a couple of years at most before the statute of limitations kicks in.

    prior to filing a claim against them, there’s not a whole lot the corpos can do to slow down a claim from being filed. It’s not like you’re obligated to go through arbitration, or to seek settlement before hand, or even inform them that you’re doing so. (and frequently it’s better to not.)

    “Slip and Fall” claims are very well established already so they have plenty of information as to how the outcomes going to go, and that means they have an idea of where to put the settlement to minimize their costs. (and your lawyer will have a good idea how to maximize your gain, so, yeah. they really want you to take that lowball before you talk to one.)


  • I’m of two minds on this- a slip and fall absolutely can cause significant injuries and death- especially if your head hits, for example, the edge of a table.

    Outback’s lawyers are also not denying it ever happened, and instead arguing she failed reasonable care (which is bullshit. Keep your floors clean, ya nasty assholes.)

    The reason I’m somewhat skeptical is that 2 years is a long time to wait for a fairly cut and dry lawsuit. It’s possible recovery just took that long, don’t get me wrong. (Occurred in 23, lawsuit filed in 25,)

    But usually if it was that bad, the corpos would be pushing for a fast settlement to limit expenses. It’s possible they were in arbitration, and that has failed, but no one really wants a drawn out process. (Except maybe her lawyer. Corpo lawyers are on retainer, so they don’t really get paid more.)