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Unlike the McDonald's attorneys, the lawyers for the plaintiff were cautious and businesslike, possibly a strategy designed to offset the flamboyant brashness of their French-Moroccan client. A loud but affable man, Dayan is known around his attorney's rather sterile law offices for his booming voice and harmless flirtations with secretaries. At heart, he considers himself a Frenchman...
...Your Honor," Schultz began, "the evidence will show that the plaintiff's french fries are greasy...
University lawyers recently responded to a $1.2 million suit brought by a tenant in a Harvard-owned building who claimed she was sexually assaulted due to inadequate security precautions. The response cites a variety of defenses, including the claim that if "the defendant (Harvard) was negligent as alleged, the plaintiff was negligent to a greater degree...
Attorneys for the University also filed a second document with the county courthouse, a letter dated in April offering the plaintiff, Carol Trowbridge, $7200 in medical benefits, lost wages and relocation expenses in return for dropping the suit...
...most that a small-claims plaintiff may seek in California is $750. The producers provide an $800 pot for each case. If the plaintiff wins, his money comes out of that fund; the balance is split by the two sides. If he loses, each party walks off with $400 for a ten-minute performance. The monetary incentive is one reason that 60% of the litigants approached by the producers agree to appear on the show. It is also the source of some criticism: a party who created a dispute through wrongful conduct can end up benefiting from it. Such...