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> Lee is seeking unspecified damages in excess of $25,000 This sounds a bit odd to me. I've definitely heard of much bigger settlements than this for just a si

> Lee is seeking unspecified damages in excess of $25,000 This sounds a bit odd to me. I've definitely heard of much bigger settlements than this for just a single incident, not something that went on for 8 years. I'm not a fan of the sue-happy culture in this country, and TBH 25000 sounds more like it ought to be the right ballpark. But standard legal practice is to have another zero there at the end, isn't it? I guess there are multiple possible interpretations for this number, some charitable, others less so.

SilverSlash 9y ago
I think it just means the author is saying the amount is > $25k That could very well be 25 million. Correct me if I'm mistaken.
- I_Know_Why 9y ago
  I read it as: somewhere in the $25k-$30k range. If they (the reporter) know it's >=$25M, then why wouldn't they say that? It makes for a better story the more money is involved...
  - smsm42 9y ago
    Probably because some legal procedure or regulation has a limit of $25K and treats lawsuits under and over it differently. So if you don't want to disclose the actual amount, you still will have to disclose the fact it goes into pile A and not pile B.
dragonwriter 9y ago
> But standard legal practice is to have another zero there at the end, isn't it? No, standard legal practice is to take the facts you are arguing, run the computations in the law, and ask for what the law allows. If that computation has no firm upper bound based on the facts you have but do have a lower bound, then you say present a minimum and no maximum.
finnthehuman 9y ago
The quoted should be interpreted as "Lee is seeking unspecified damages and wishes for the case to travel in Lane X of various statutory and legal procedure boundaries."
Peebee 9y ago
This is a standard legal phrase you use when filing a lawsuit in Superior Court. The court's jurisdiction starts at $25,000, so you allege that your case has greater damages. But at the beginning of the lawsuit, before discovery (the sharing of evidence) you don't know what the damages are -- that's something determined later in the process. You shouldn't derive anything from that other than she has a lawyer who knows what language needs to be in the complaint for the case to proceed.

SilverSlash 9y ago

I think it just means the author is saying the amount is > $25k That could very well be 25 million. Correct me if I'm mistaken.

I_Know_Why 9y ago
I read it as: somewhere in the $25k-$30k range. If they (the reporter) know it's >=$25M, then why wouldn't they say that? It makes for a better story the more money is involved...
- smsm42 9y ago
  Probably because some legal procedure or regulation has a limit of $25K and treats lawsuits under and over it differently. So if you don't want to disclose the actual amount, you still will have to disclose the fact it goes into pile A and not pile B.

dragonwriter 9y ago

> But standard legal practice is to have another zero there at the end, isn't it? No, standard legal practice is to take the facts you are arguing, run the computations in the law, and ask for what the law allows. If that computation has no firm upper bound based on the facts you have but do have a lower bound, then you say present a minimum and no maximum.

finnthehuman 9y ago

The quoted should be interpreted as "Lee is seeking unspecified damages and wishes for the case to travel in Lane X of various statutory and legal procedure boundaries."

Peebee 9y ago

This is a standard legal phrase you use when filing a lawsuit in Superior Court. The court's jurisdiction starts at $25,000, so you allege that your case has greater damages. But at the beginning of the lawsuit, before discovery (the sharing of evidence) you don't know what the damages are -- that's something determined later in the process. You shouldn't derive anything from that other than she has a lawyer who knows what language needs to be in the complaint for the case to proceed.