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That isn't how it always works. In some countries when the other party agreed to pay $30 up front then they would be considered the winner. You would pay their
by nimblegorilla 10y ago
That isn't how it always works. In some countries when the other party agreed to pay $30 up front then they would be considered the winner. You would pay their legal fees for trying to extort $27,970.
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoWho pays if the actual damages are somewhere in the middle?
- cortesoft 10y agoYou could do it like baseball does arbitration. Each side presents a figure they think is fair, and a judge picks one of the two (she can't pick somewhere in the middle, she has to pick one or the other). That way, each side is encouraged to present a reasonable amount, otherwise the other sides value will be chosen.
- mywittyname 10y agoAh, the old trick my mom used for dividing goods: one kid makes the division, the other makes the first choice.
- slantyyz 10y ago>> You would pay their legal fees for trying to extort $27,970. Also, the cost of the legal fees may not be the same as what "they" paid. In some countries, I think the judge can determine what the fair price for the legal fees. This way the "loser" of the case isn't burned because the other party chose to hire a $1,000/h lawyer.