Hope they didn't call an attorney advertising on WGN during Maury.

Maybe this is one of those deals where the lawyer only gets paid if they win the suit. Somebody here would know better than me how this might work.

Lawyers get paid in a civil suit whether you win or not.

You could not be more incorrect. Plaintiff's attorneys only get paid if they win/settle.

No sir you are mistaken. In an injury case, a lawyer will do it for free but the agreement is they will get paid usually a third of the plaintiffs amount if they win. Nothing if they lose. Usually they push for a settlement. Thats the scenario where an attorney only gets paid if they win.

A civil case requires the plaintiff to pay the lawyer when they agree to persue the suit. They will charge additional fees based on hours worked on the case. Usually when you hire an attorney, they will agree to a maximum amount theycharge. If you lose the case, the lawyer keeps his money you've already payed him. But if you win, you usually keep all of the $$$$ won. Its way harder to find an attorney in a civil suit because they dont make as much in the final outcome but it requires much more work.

What the heck are you talking about? An injury case IS a civil case and vice versa. Plaintiff attorneys work on contingency basis on all civil cases. Your whole second paragraph makes no sense.

If I hire a contractor to work on my house and he fails to fulfill his contract, I have the option of suing him in a civil court to enforce the contract, or to recover damages for a lack of performance. This is a civil suit where a lawyer will charge a fee, or by the hour no matter if they win or not.

I thought that you were a lawyer shakes?

You could not be more incorrect. Plaintiff's attorneys only get paid if they win/settle.

A couple of years ago, I was going to sue my local government for damages to my home because of a faulty sewer line that backed up into my house.

This was a mess from the start. Everybody should have made the same amount of money (say 35,000) & the rest would be based on commision of getting advertisers.
In the end, DH was scum. He should have lined up a Rich Melman instead.

I thought that you were a lawyer shakes?

World Needs Ditch diggers too

From Crain's online:


North, other ex-employees sue Webio founder Hernandez
By: Ann Saphir Aug. 11, 2009

(Crain’s) — Chicago sports talk personality Mike North is leading a group of former employees of the now-defunct ChicagoSportsWebio.com in suing the Internet-based radio station founder David Hernandez for allegedly failing to pay wages.

Mr. Hernandez, who co-founded Webio with Mr. North in January, last month pleaded not guilty to federal mail fraud charges in a Ponzi scheme that allegedly bilked nearly 300 investors out of $3.5 million. Mr. Hernandez is also the target of a civil lawsuit by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which alleges he illegally used investors’ money to fund payroll and pay other bills at the radio startup.

In an Aug. 5 lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Mr. North and 12 other former Webio employees (including Mr. North’s wife Beatrice) say Mr. Hernandez failed to pay all wages due, in some cases issuing checks returned by the bank for “insufficient funds.”

Eight of the plaintiffs demanded damages of more than $50,000, and all demand an unspecified amount of wages due.

Several of the plaintiffs, not including the Norths, also alleged breach of contract for terminating their employment without notice. Joining the former employees is Licorice Ltd., which says it owns the domain name for the ChicagoSportsWebio.com site; it is asking the court to block Mr. Hernandez from using the site in the future.

Mr. North was a “partner, executive vice-president and on-air host” of the radio venture, and his compensation included an annual salary of $250,000 and 30% ownership of the radio venture, according to an employment offer letter attached to the complaint. His wife, known as Be-Be, was chief operating officer. Both were fired on June 12, according to the lawsuit.

The Web site went off air a few days later after the FBI’s and SEC’s investigations of Mr. Hernandez became public.

Mr. North and his wife, along with Mr. Hernandez, are targets of a civil suit by two investors in Mr. Hernandez’s scheme. Filed in federal court in Chicago on July 26, the lawsuit alleges that money paid to Webio employees was stolen from investors, and demands its return.


THis is the key part that these guys will be fighting:

"Mr. North and his wife, along with Mr. Hernandez, are targets of a civil suit by two investors in Mr. Hernandez’s scheme. Filed in federal court in Chicago on July 26, the lawsuit alleges that money paid to Webio employees was stolen from investors, and demands its return. "

The court, under the doctrine of fraudulent conveyance, will likely have to get the cash back from employees that was paid to them during the 90-180 days prior to Webio's demise. This suit is a defensive one and unlikely to prevent these guys from taking more pain.

Hey Magnus, that's why I think that Mike North is a tru American Hero. Look, hes standing up for his guys all the way. I'm amazed at what a wonderful, sensitive hero Mike North is. And... he knows how to get stuff done.
Yeah, he took less than his offer from the Score but that's so that he could bring in his guys and tehy'd be able to get paid well, and he sacrificed hisself for those guys who worked for him. And he's continuing to go out there for his guys.
Tomorrow Monsters has got Clyde Drexler! I bet he was an all star!

Hey and check out Bearly Legal on 670 the score dot com. Last weeks' show featured Otis Wilson. He's fameous!

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