Marty gets settlement, no verdict on lawsuit? (Destiny)

by kapowaz, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 05:55 (3571 days ago) @ car15

Legal costs in the US are astronomical.

Again, I quote from the original article:

Under the agreement, Ryan will pay O’Donnell more than $38,385 in unpaid work and vacation time, as well as another $38,385 in double damages. With attorney’s fees and interest, the total judgement for O’Donnell will be $95,019.13.

So, out of the $95,019.13 there were legal costs of $18,249.13, or about 20% of the total settlement amount.

Edit: just noticed that figure includes interest too, so the legal costs were actually below that amount.