Posted on 06/23/2017 10:30:00 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Was it his dad or uncle who shouted “Burn it (Ferguson) down?”
Maybe some of the winnings should be returned to pay for reparations to the citizens of Ferguson for the damages sustained by the resulting looting/burning!
Check back in 5 years and I bet the money will be all gone.
Damn, that’s greedy even for lawyers.
It’s in favor of the clients, though............B^)
Om?
Dangit, I need a new bulb in my desk lamp
$1.5 Million aint’ nothing, but it’s not nearly as much as I would have expected them to ‘shoot for’.
Their lawyer probably said, this kind of money you could have in your pocket in less that two years. If you sue for $25. Million, this will be tied up in court appeals, and you may never see a penny of it before you die. Plus, I won’t get anything from this either. Pro Bono only goes so far!
I don’t think I’ve ever said this before, but this is one time when I wish the federal death tax rate was 100%.
These are compensatory. No federal tax. Don’t know how their State handles.
An outrage.
“his future potential wages.”
A couple of convenience-store heists a week would have gotten him about $4,000 a year. That’s his future potential wages.
btw, this will probably effect any welfare type subsidies they get..so there is that..at least.
Does Michael Brown’s grandmother get the net proceeds of the settlement since he was living with her the time of his death? I got the impression that Brown had effectively been abandoned by his mother and father, but now they get to cash in on his death?
No, parents hit the jackpot. Grandmother...bupkus
What a way to make a buck. Raise a thug, have him attack and get shot by a police officer, make a victim of him and then cash in.
Everyone said their thug son was a worthless hoodlum, but everyone was wrong. They got rid of their problem and made a $1.5M profit on the deal. It’s almost worth raising a criminal and teaching him to assault police officers for that kind of money.
The only reason I can think of is that it’s cheaper than more riots.
The thug is truly worth far more dead than alive.
What was the basis for his income potential? Lists of annual value of goods stolen?
” That means the terms of the agreement will not be made public. It’s not clear whether the individuals named in the lawsuit are parties to the settlement.
But Webber said the details will remain secret because “disclosure of the terms of the settlement agreement could jeopardize the safety of individuals involved in this matter, whether as witnesses, parties, or investigators. The public policy to consider records open is outweighed by the adverse impact to Plaintiffs.”
That’s better. They’ll still blow through it in a year, if not six months.
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