Posted by JRSutton on March 15, 2012 at 04:36:27 from (75.130.109.233):
In Reply to: Fire Dept.Issue posted by Poor farmer 830 on March 14, 2012 at 18:29:11:
If he was off the clock, and off the property, he's got as much cause to sue the fire department as he does the gas station where he filled his tank.
Less even!
Having said that though, we live in strange times. Lawsuits like this don't have to make sense.
There are people who understand the system and are more than willing to capitalize on its flaws.
He can bring a frivilous lawsuit against the fire department, and the fire department is going to have to make a difficult decision:
1.) Spend tons of money and time defending themselves or 2.) Settle out of court and save a ton of money - pay the guy 20 grand or so to make the case go away. His lawyer will take a third of that, and he'll get the rest. It's just not enough money to fight over.
Not only that, but that locks him in solidly at the fire department. If he doesn't have a track record of written issues before this incident, any good sleazy lawyer would have a field day with work issues brought up against him AFTER this. Proving it's retribution.
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