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>totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket losses, Walmart said in the lawsuit. This amount is immaterial for each party involved.
by NetBeck 7y ago
>totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket losses, Walmart said in the lawsuit.
This amount is immaterial for each party involved.
- bredren 7y agoWhy would Tesla allow this to go to suit, given it’s likely press coverage? Surely there was opportunity to settle.
- lucasmullens 7y agoIt's possible they asked for an absurd amount knowing they would want to settle.
- Fins 7y agoWhen did Musk ever settle, if there is an opportunity to open his mouth and make things worse? I just can see explanations coming from fanboys that Walmart sells engine oil and is therefore part of the ICE mafia out to get Tesla. And they short the stock, too! /s
- GCA10 7y agoIn terms of corporate Walmart, absolutely. But it's annoying as can be -- and even scary -- to employees at those stores. Customers too. Walmart's real objective with a very public suit like this is to make sure that customers and employees see Tesla/Solar City as the villain. Not America's biggest retailer. Even tight-fisted businesses get righteous about this kind of stuff. It's a great way to win the "we care" posturing game, at least for one day.
- toxican 7y agoRight because destroying small town businesses, unethical employee treatment, etc. didn't push folks away, but a fire at a walmart somewhere in the country will.
- wolco 7y agoWalmart may have been first with low prices rurally but with Amazon and other online realitors it was only a matter of time.
- manigandham 7y agoSmall town businesses were destroyed by consumers who stopped shopping there.
- raverbashing 7y agoI wouldn't call a fire merely "scary", is a real risk. Yes, I think Tesla should be more diligent here.
- kryogen1c 7y agoI wonder if theres any danger of walmart being declared a vexatious litigant, since this amount is clearly nonsense. If their concern is damage from public opinion, aren't they required to quantify the damages? I don't think the court appreciates being used only as a tool for public opinion. As is probably obvious to those with any legal knowledge, IANAL
- egdod 7y agoThat's not what a vexatious litigant is. Hundreds of thousands of dollars is a real loss.
- kryogen1c 7y agoIs it? Wal-Mart's revenue is 500billion. 500 thosand is .0001%. If you make 200k, thats like suing someone over 20 bucks
- egdod 7y agoTotally, like why does Wal-Mart even bother selling items that cost less than a million dollars?
- kryogen1c 7y agoThis lawsuit could drag on for years and cost a significant portion of the amount being sued over because the value is so small. Hardly an equivalence.
- function_seven 7y agoThe alternative is that Wal-Mart establishes a policy of allowing vendors to damage them for 6-figure amounts with little consequence. That’s probably not the right strategy. Kind of like Newegg spending more defending patent lawsuits than settling with the trolls. (Do they still do that?)
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- RadioHacker 7y agoThis really doesn't matter. The fires endanger lives. Some things are more important than money. I should hope you'd realize that.
- autokad 7y agoyeah and 5 fires on just 240 stores sounds like a staggering amount
- pjc50 7y agoSomehow I think if this was the other way round, and Walmart had caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to Tesla, the HN comments would be cheering them on and demanding they sue Walmart for every penny they had. The fanboyism is ridiculous for grown adults.