cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3320637

YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead::The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

  • TWeaK
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    11 year ago

    If they think they can win it’s another matter, what I think is happening here is the lawyer is pushing for the case regardless, because they get paid regardless.

    • @scarabic
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      11 year ago

      I’m not sure that’s true. Families don’t always have deep pockets. The lawyer is paid a % of the settlement, which is probably more money than the family could just pay out of pocket. But it does mean they need to win, so they pick their cases. I mean if you pay them well in cash they’ll likely take any case. But a lot of personal injury cases and such are paid on a percentage.

      • TWeaK
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        11 year ago

        The lawyer is paid a % of the settlement

        Not necessarily, if that was the case I would expect it to be very likely they would win - a lawyer isn’t going to take a case on contingency if they don’t think they will win. More likely the family have a little bit of money saved up and the lawyer is taking advantage of them in their emotional state by encouraging them into a frivilous lawsuit.

        • @scarabic
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          11 year ago

          It’s a sliding scale built on risk and reward.

          They will take the case if they think they can win OR when they only have a chance of winning but the settlement is going to be large.

          25% chance of a $10 million settlement with a big corporation: take the case.

          90% chance of multi hundred thousand dollar insurance payout: take the case.

          Probably they also consider the amount of work. For all we know, both of the above could be just 10-20 hours of work.