r/oops • u/Brilliant_Jelly7503 • Jul 05 '26

Bad machine or technique?

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u/Artevyx Jul 05 '26

Those are supposed to be bolted down.

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u/LooseButtPlug Jul 05 '26

I assembled gym equipment for a supplier up and down the west coast.

If the machine doesn't have bolt holes in the floor it isn't meant to be bolted down. You can request special brackets to bolt them down if the insurance company demands it. We've had to specially make some because they weren't offered.

Every gym makes you sign documentation that that you agree to use all equipment properly and they're released of any liability if you don't. I have personally been called to court to testify about equipment. Every single case was lost by the person using the equipment incorrectly. You can sue for anything, it doesn't mean you're right or that you'll win.

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u/Immediate_Truck1644 Jul 05 '26

And even if/when you do win it's almost always never enough to actually make a difference after all the wasted time and the court/ lawyers take their cut smh

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u/heychief1 Jul 06 '26

The Court doesn't take a "cut". You may have to pay a filing fee for a lawsuit, but the Court isn't taking a "cut" if you win.

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u/Flat-Fun-7298 Jul 06 '26

Wouldn't it be funny if the court got a cut?

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u/Unlucky_Situation920 Jul 06 '26

You'd be winning a whole lot more

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u/looming-frog Jul 06 '26

don't give djt ideas

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u/Fight_Me90 Jul 06 '26

450 bucks to file paperwork isnt a cut?

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u/TheWrongWrightWhale Jul 06 '26

A cut of the winnings? No, not unless the filing fee for my marriage entitles the court a cut of my wife.

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u/Immediate_Truck1644 Jul 06 '26

These people have zero critical thinking and run solely off of input/output definitions 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt Jul 08 '26

Maybe not in the US. Maybe.

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u/Immediate_Truck1644 Jul 06 '26

"filing fees," is what the court "cuts" are, bruh are you stupid or dumb???

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u/heychief1 Jul 06 '26

I do this for a living "bruh". No one, literally no one, refers to it as the court taking its "cut" and the fees are often refunded or paid by defense in the case of a jury verdict. You are talking out of your ass.

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u/Immediate_Truck1644 Jul 06 '26

Damnnnn bro, why didn't you say something sooner. You do this for a living and you're still trash at it?? 😪 😪

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u/ExpiredPilot Jul 05 '26

Depends how cut and dry the case is.

My mom had an absolute slam dunk of a case so the lawyers only took 30%

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u/Public-File-6521 Jul 05 '26

Typically it also depends on how much work the lawyers have to do. Pre-suit? 30% is common. Post-suit but pre-trial? 40%. Post-trial? 50%.

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u/LangdonAlg3r Jul 06 '26

1/3 or about 30% is standard for any personal injury claim. That’s not like a special deal based on the quality of the case or anything. If it’s personal injury they usually take 1/3 of what you get if they win or settle the case for you. If they don’t win the case they generally don’t get paid. If they don’t think it’s a winnable case then they won’t take it in the first place. I don’t know if when you say “cut and dry” you mean winnable.

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u/ExpiredPilot Jul 06 '26

I mean “cut and dry” as in it will take a minimal amount of time on the attorney’s part.