I wouldn’t expect this to win, but there might be a settlement on the Q.T. in the low $100Ks.
I wonder how many tobacco, automotive and pharmaceutical company execs uttered those same exact words over equally frivolous lawsuits only to eventually lose the case and get slapped with a multimillion dollar judgment.
Any practicing attorney will tell you that every case, and especially a civil case, is a crap-shoot when it comes to a trial by jury. Johnny Cochran didn't get to buy his G4 because juries are sensible finders of fact and culpability.
I'm guess, and it's only a guess, that the city won't settle the claim, even at it's nuisance value. It's sets too dangerous a precedent.