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> Most employment lawyers would be very reluctant to take a case like this for 5-10k. We don't know the actual value of the case. The defendants seemed to thin

> Most employment lawyers would be very reluctant to take a case like this for 5-10k. We don't know the actual value of the case. The defendants seemed to think that it was worth hiring "the most expensive defense firm in California".

JamesBarney 6y ago
You're right we know very little facts about the case, but gamemaster and his lawyer did and came to the conclusion it was a 5-10k case. So without any other evidence why should we assume that estimate is wrong?
- bdowling 6y ago
  > So without any other evidence why should we assume that estimate is wrong? We shouldn't assume that the estimate was accurate either, for a couple of reasons: First, the defendant definitely has more information (e.g., manager's employment records). More information usually leads to a more accurate valuation. And the defendant seems to have valued the case higher because it hired the expensive defense attorney. Second, Gamemaster's attorney dropped the case, probably because they lacked the required experience with these types of employment cases. If they lacked the required experience to handle the case, then they probably weren't qualified to give an accurate valuation either.
  - JamesBarney 6y ago
    You're reading a lot into his comment and making a lot of assumptions. 1. Defendant had more information 2. The extra information was so important it would increase the value of the case 50x (there are not very many pieces of information in an employment suit that would increase a payout by 50x that an employee wouldn't know about) 3. They hired a very expensive attorney because of this reason.(as opposed to for intimidation reasons) 4. Gamemasters attorney was inexperienced. 5. Gamemaster's attorney's lack of experience caused him to drop the case. 6. Gamemaster's attorney's lack of experience also led him not be able to give an accurate valuation.
    - bdowling 6y ago
      You're right that we don't have a whole lot of information and shouldn't make assumptions. To that point, the number Gamemaster gave could have been an amount that he personally would have settled for and not a number that his attorney came up with.

JamesBarney 6y ago

You're right we know very little facts about the case, but gamemaster and his lawyer did and came to the conclusion it was a 5-10k case. So without any other evidence why should we assume that estimate is wrong?

bdowling 6y ago
> So without any other evidence why should we assume that estimate is wrong? We shouldn't assume that the estimate was accurate either, for a couple of reasons: First, the defendant definitely has more information (e.g., manager's employment records). More information usually leads to a more accurate valuation. And the defendant seems to have valued the case higher because it hired the expensive defense attorney. Second, Gamemaster's attorney dropped the case, probably because they lacked the required experience with these types of employment cases. If they lacked the required experience to handle the case, then they probably weren't qualified to give an accurate valuation either.
- JamesBarney 6y ago
  You're reading a lot into his comment and making a lot of assumptions. 1. Defendant had more information 2. The extra information was so important it would increase the value of the case 50x (there are not very many pieces of information in an employment suit that would increase a payout by 50x that an employee wouldn't know about) 3. They hired a very expensive attorney because of this reason.(as opposed to for intimidation reasons) 4. Gamemasters attorney was inexperienced. 5. Gamemaster's attorney's lack of experience caused him to drop the case. 6. Gamemaster's attorney's lack of experience also led him not be able to give an accurate valuation.
  - bdowling 6y ago
    You're right that we don't have a whole lot of information and shouldn't make assumptions. To that point, the number Gamemaster gave could have been an amount that he personally would have settled for and not a number that his attorney came up with.