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>The hearing is held, typically lasts no more than an hour, and (usually) an immediate decision is rendered and that is where it ends. Thus, even after this sor
by quanticle 15y ago
>The hearing is held, typically lasts no more than an hour, and (usually) an immediate decision is rendered and that is where it ends. Thus, even after this sort of appeal, a lay plaintiff can still have a potentially effective remedy for getting a quick decision.
Doesn't that also apply to the defendant? If the plaintiff can use this procedure, Honda can too. What stops Honda from appealing all of these decisions and getting the vast majority of them thrown out?
- nostromo 15y agoCorporate lawyer cost (including travel) > a settlement maxed at $10k. I doubt it would be worth it for Honda to appeal.
- caseysoftware 15y agoAs someone else pointed out, the attorney costs are likely more than the judgement. On the flip side, it's death by a thousand cuts. Even just 500 customers causing a stink with little court cases all over the place are a reporter's wet dream. It's an army of self-made David's taking on Goliath. Throw in that - in many cases - they may have a local David and there will be a swarm of "local man fights monster mega corp" stories all over. And as a few of the cases get settled, it becomes ammunition for the next cases. And that works both ways.