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Insurance companies have some “in house” counsel that are paid salaries and don’t bill by the hour, but strangely they also often just have agreements with local attorneys to send all of their business their way. Those attorneys do bill by the hour, and I think you’re underestimating how many phone calls and hours of document review and video review and research those attorneys would bill the insurer for. Like, if this is a defamation suit the obvious defense for ESPN is that the statements are true. That’s going to involve analyzing possibly hundreds of hours of video, probably hiring expert witnesses, definitely legal research.
Do we know how much they settled for?
You’re most likely right that I am underestimating the amount of time counsel would need to do work on this. And yeah, something like this the insurance company would hire separate defense counsel and wouldn’t use their in-house counsel who do coverage work and advocate for the insurance company, not the insured. Depending on the state or some agreement with the carrier, ESPN may have the right to pick who it wants to represent them too.
I guess I’m not up to speed on the nuts and bolts of the actual poker and how much work the attorneys would need to do. So maybe it would get into the 6 figure range to defend it. It obviously would if it made it up to and through trial.
Lots of John Does in that lawsuit. Hope some of y’all are lawyered up!
I’m pretty sure this isn’t the case. Postle needs to prove they slandered him intentionally. They only need to claim they didn’t knowingly lie about him.
I’m sure it doesn’t matter; Postle’s going after that easy ESPN money
How can you slander someone by telling the truth?
They claim it’s not the truth, and you can’t prove that it is.
Of course it can be proved. Once Galfond is done it will be a mathematical certainty (it already basically is).
How about that?
Looks like Clovis wants to get sued as well.
paging sweet summer child
I was just answering your question in the general case. That is how you can slander someone by telling the truth. I can’t say if that is how this case will turn out.
I didn’t ask how can you sue them, I asked how could a judge ever rule you actually slandered them.
Lol at those damages. No shitty poker grinder’s reputation is worth that much money.
If the judge does not understand your proof of what you’re saying is true.
In USA#1 you get the option to be judged by a jury of your peers. So there’s that. I’ve gone to the jury pool a bunch of times but never selected, nor do I ever think I will since I’ll most likely conflict out. But damn does it make you never want to have that group considering your fate.
Also, I know you’re well aware who we have for judges too.
They don’t have to prove their innocence, Postle has to prove their guilt (that they called him a cheater when they knew he wasn’t).
I’m no expert but I think the game is to litigate through a summary judgment motion and settle for peanuts if the case isn’t dismissed.
OK, so change it to judge/jury (wrongly) believes their proof that your claim is false.
It doesn’t matter. Your claim can be wrong and you wouldn’t be guilty of libel/slander. Postle needs to prove they they knowingly lied about him. He cannot do that, so he will go with being enough of a nuisance that they agree to pay him $20K (paid by ESPN out of their chump change account) and all shut up going forward.