The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

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.

  • TWeaKEnglish
    1•1 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.

    • @scarabicEnglish
      1•1 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.