Posted on 09/17/2018 4:27:52 PM PDT by PAR35
Wasn’t sure what to think of this allegation, but when this guy sues a billionaire for just $75K to me that smelled of someone who wanted to make sure it was small enough that it wouldn’t be worth musk’s time to legally respond - just cut a check - and what that implies to me is that this guy really, really doesn’t want musk getting the opportunity to offer up any proof in court that musk might be right.
I could be wrong, but musk is a true genius in many ways, so maybe he knows something we don’t - on the other hand maybe he is just crazy...the whole thing is bizarre
Quick law lesson. To establish jurisdiction for a lawsuit in Federal court based upon diversity of citizenship, you have to allege damages of no less than $75,000. That's what they've done here. The $75k is merely jurisdictional, it isn't the actual claim for damages. See 28 U.S.C. 1332 (a). https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1332
>>Quick law lesson. To establish jurisdiction for a lawsuit in Federal court based upon diversity of citizenship, you have to allege damages of no less than $75,000. That’s what they’ve done here. The $75k is merely jurisdictional, it isn’t the actual claim for damages. See 28 U.S.C. 1332 (a). https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1332
Well there you go - learn something new everyday. That makes more sense then.
And this is just one of several business landmines that Elon has recently stepped on. Being a media darling can only do so much for a guy. Elon spent the last 10 years unable to do any wrong. These days, he can do no right. He seriously needs to step aside from the day to day operations, be a lot more of a company owner and a lot less of an operations guy, and take a long leave of absence. Nobody can keep the pace that this guy has set for himself. He’s pulling a Britney Spears here, you can only run 7 days a week for so long.
Oh, OK. This had me wondering, “Why $75K?” I’m not a lawyer, I don’t play one on TV, but I definitely believe you.
Musk has accomplished an amazing amount of stuff, but -- speaking as an uneducated paraprofessional -- clearly has a deep-seated insecurity. :^) Anyway, it'll serve him right to have to, uh, pony up (whoops! bad choice of words) for his running off at the keys.
I won't be back to read the nonsense boilerplate that appears in every Musk-related topic.
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