Out of court settlements should be illegal.

[onlinebiker]

They must do law different where you are from.


Rape - is criminal law. Money is not going to be an issue.

In civil law - where the objective is to provide a monetary remedy - the plaintiff ( the person suing) gives a number that they will consider just.

The defendant ( person being sued) generally does NOT make an offer. If they did - it would be pre- court. They CAN make offer at any point - but generally don't..

The plaintiff can accept any offer at any time. Otherwise it generally goes to a jury to decide in favor of either party - and decides a dollar value at the same time. ( unlike criminal cases - where sentancing is separate from guilt phase.)

(Bold mine)

Wrong.

Statutory offer of settlement is a monetary offer extended to a plaintiff by a defendant to  all disputes before trial.

Source:  https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/statutor...settlement

Boru

Google all you like matey...

You have spent HOW many hours in an American courtroom suing someone?

You spent HOW many hours discussing your case with your lawyer?

None?

Gee... How about that.

I lost several years of my life dealing with this bullshit - and spent DAYS on discussion with my lawyer talking about how these things work.

But you got google....