Good for her.

[Gilligan]

I hope she received a healthy chunk of money.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/31/virginia-student-settles-lawsuit-over-her-mistaken-arrest-after-water-mistaken/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fnational+%28Internal+-+US+Latest+-+Text%29

 

[Merlin99]

I hope she received a healthy chunk of money.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/31/virginia-student-settles-lawsuit-over-her-mistaken-arrest-after-water-mistaken/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fnational+%28Internal+-+US+Latest+-+Text%29

Herring said the settlement was not an admission of wrongdoing by any of the parties in the lawsuit.

Yes it is.

 

[Baja28]

So, lets look at what her take home is....

$212,000.00 award
<$ 84,800.00> taxes (40%)
<$69,960.00> legal fees (usually 33%)
$57,240.00 net take home out of $212K

How freakin sad is that?

 

[Lurk]

So, lets look at what her take home is....

$212,000.00 award
<$ 84,800.00> taxes (40%)
<$69,960.00> legal fees (usually 33%)
$57,240.00 net take home out of $212K

How freakin sad is that?

That'll still buy a lot of bottled water. I could see her making a hell of a lot more money from the Lifetime Movie Network purchasing the movie rights for the story.

 

[kwillia]

So, lets look at what her take home is....

$212,000.00 award
<$ 84,800.00> taxes (40%)
<$69,960.00> legal fees (usually 33%)
$57,240.00 net take home out of $212K

How freakin sad is that?

Since the legal fees get taxed, I think the legal fees should be based on the "after tax" amount. The gov't tasking on $212k and then getting to tax again the 70k is double dipping taxes.

 

[vraiblonde]

They swarmed her vehicle, beat on her windows, pulled a gun, tried to break her window, and scared the sh*t out of her FOR BEER????

If I were her lawyer I'd have never settled that case. We'd have gone to trial for the full $40mil.

 

[Baja28]

Since the legal fees get taxed, I think the legal fees should be based on the "after tax" amount. The gov't tasking on $212k and then getting to tax again the 70k is double dipping taxes.

I agree.