People are clueless about business litigation

Published on Thursday, September 18, 2014 By Brad Wardell In Politics

Typical conversation regarding a certain lawsuit goes something like this:

  1. What about <Allegation 1>? They made it up.
  2. What about <Allegation 2>? They made it up.
  3. What about <Allegation 3>? They made it up.
  4. What about <Allegation 4>? They made it up.
  5. Oh come on, you’re saying they made it all up? Yes.
  6. Can you prove they made it up? Yes.
  7. How? Because their own witnesses claimed she did or she directly admitted to doing so during her deposition.
  8. That’s impossible. She’d get in so much trouble.  Yes, that’s why she had to publicly apologize.
    Talk to a lawyer who’s tried cases and ask them what it means if someone got nothing other than
    having to apologize to the accused.
  9. I don’t believe you, she wouldn’t have filed the suit unless it had merit…

And so on.