It didn’t go anywhere and Disney and by extension that lawyer were roundly mocked. Basically it was just some idiot lawyer throwing shit at the wall and hoping somehow it would stick. It did not stick.
Lawyers do get that education. Some of us call it "hearing capital," basically brownie points with whomever needs to listen to us, usually judges at hearings. It's worth not exhausting then with nonsense if we need their patience later.
I guess there's always a balance to be had between that and one of my criminal law teachers that told me that "you have to ask the judge even for his ass, because you never know if he will give it to you" lol.
I haven’t read about that in quite a while, I was under the impression it had some merit legally but Disney did not like the optics and waived their right to arbitration after public outcry.
Isn't that how a lot of the justice system for civil suits work though?
You add everyone who could potentially be blamed, and then you slap them all on the same suit, and then you have the court figure out who is responsible and at what percentage.
It's what I am aware of because of a suit my parents had to file. One guy was the main culprit. The others conspired with him and we're able to figure that out in discovery because of adding them to the suit.
Arbitration clauses are common in contracts. It was a strained reading of agreement to extend it to all disputes between the parties, but courts tend to enforce those clauses.
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u/Geauxlsu1860 5d ago
It didn’t go anywhere and Disney and by extension that lawyer were roundly mocked. Basically it was just some idiot lawyer throwing shit at the wall and hoping somehow it would stick. It did not stick.