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minus-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·10 months agoHe has no grounds to sue, except for maybe the shoplifter. But the shoplifter probably has nothing to take anyway.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down24·10 months agoHis lawyer can find a way. If frivolous lawsuits can pass unabated all the time, surely so can an honest one.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down12·10 months agoThey do but have fun keeping your head in the sand.
minus-square【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoIf they don’t get thrown out on a motion to dismiss, it goes into discovery. After discovery, if it doesn’t get thrown out on summary judgment, it goes to trial. If it doesn’t get thrown out on a motion to dismiss, the lawsuit states a valid legal claim. If it doesn’t get thrown out on summary judgment, there is evidence to support the claim. Either way, if it doesn’t get thrown out, it’s literally not a frivolous case.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·10 months agoThen he isn’t going to be filing a frivolous lawsuit if he chooses to sue over this. It’s as simple as that.
minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoI believe during discovery, the very well established culture and rules of “not chasing or putting hands on a shoplifter” would get this thrown out as a summary judgment.
minus-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoYou gonna pay his lawyers $6000 retainer?
He has no grounds to sue, except for maybe the shoplifter. But the shoplifter probably has nothing to take anyway.
His lawyer can find a way. If frivolous lawsuits can pass unabated all the time, surely so can an honest one.
They don’t.
They do but have fun keeping your head in the sand.
If they don’t get thrown out on a motion to dismiss, it goes into discovery.
After discovery, if it doesn’t get thrown out on summary judgment, it goes to trial.
If it doesn’t get thrown out on a motion to dismiss, the lawsuit states a valid legal claim.
If it doesn’t get thrown out on summary judgment, there is evidence to support the claim.
Either way, if it doesn’t get thrown out, it’s literally not a frivolous case.
Then he isn’t going to be filing a frivolous lawsuit if he chooses to sue over this. It’s as simple as that.
I believe during discovery, the very well established culture and rules of “not chasing or putting hands on a shoplifter” would get this thrown out as a summary judgment.
You gonna pay his lawyers $6000 retainer?