I’d like a lot more information like:
How much does the lawyer get? 30%? That’s what, $2400?
How much did he sue for? Had to be at least six figures.
How big was the settlement they turned down?
Disney can say they are disappointed but it looks like they came out of this just fine, other than paying lawyers fees.
My thought exactly. And my guess is that the lawyer got at least 40% of that 8 grand. And income taxes now must be paid on these sorts of awards. At the end of the day, the guy probably takes home a little better than 3 grand. That won't even pay for another family vacation to Disney. This was a nuisance suit.
Yeah, I was thinking along those lines also/
$8000 seems like a disappointing settlement amount
for any lawyer who had to spend time building a case
for his client. Lawyers usually get 1/3 of these settlements
so yes, it was around $2666.66. Nice payday if it only involved filing,paperwork, deposition,etc. But just barely acceptable to a lawyer for these kinds of claims.
Undoubtedly they started at 50 times that amount and a few hours with an arbitrator or the team of Disney lawyers settled on this relatively miniscule amount of $8K. Disney is just one among thousands of corporate entities seen as
“deep pocket” sources of income for lawyers and their “horribly wronged” clients.