[pgkdan]

Yeah, I think a lot of people could be guilty of spiking the ball on the five yard line. Why would a company pay $35K and $45K for referencing someone’s height. I

Good question. And why would they make them sign a confidentiality agreement? If nothing happened why all the secrecy?

[Cboldt]

The non-disclosure is intended to benefit the party that made a payout. It makes plaintiffs view filing a legal claim as a crapshoot as to amount. Settlement might be insignificant ($10), or huge. Also, settlement amounts that are larger tend to be taken as admissions of wrongdoing, so the payer prefers to keep those settlement amounts secret, as well.

$50,000 is probably lower than the cost of going through trial and winning.