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And when it’s done, I look forward to getting a settlement check for $2.46 while the lawyers make $18M.
by lawnchair_larry 6y ago
And when it’s done, I look forward to getting a settlement check for $2.46 while the lawyers make $18M.
- godzillabrennus 6y agoAmerican justice.
- jmiserez 6y agoProbably more like $2.46 discount on your next purchase, if you mail-in the original receipt for your drive.
- gruez 6y agoWhat would you rather have, then? No lawsuit at all and no check? A bigger check for you? Who would pay this? WD? The lawyers? Keep in mind that lawsuits are expensive and the lawyers are essentially working on contingency. Lower payouts for them might dissuade them from suing altogether.
- michaelt 6y ago> A bigger check for you? Who would pay this? WD, obviously. They won't like being made to pay, but that's rather the point of fines.
- gruez 6y agoThat would need a dramatic change in the legal system. Either making the losing side pay the other side's legal fees, or increasing the amount of punitive damages that a judge can award. Both of these are non-trivial changes to get through congress, and have numerous side effects.
- pembrook 6y agoWhile seemingly unfair for you, the lawyers and the big incentives they get do provide a valuable societal check on company behavior. For example, I imagine your typical executive at a big company looks at the list of salaries of their employees over 45 and thinks to themselves, hey, why don't we just fire these people and replace them with young people? Then, they think about the aforementioned lawyers and subsequent class action lawsuits, and then decide not to. Sometimes. After this upcoming class action, you can bet the next WD exec is going to think twice before screwing over their customers.