“Ohio St. OK's $100M settlement with ex-students claiming abuse by doc”

That's what smart people do
They pay things to make them go away and dont defend the criminal

Wow, O$U got off cheap. Our moronic administration was paying seven figures per capita with no proof needed.

NittPicker said:

Wow, O$U got off cheap. Our moronic administration was paying seven figures per capita with no proof needed.

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Honest question ..do think Ohio State wouldn't have paid people off in hopes of making the story die if they were in our situation?
I agree they (and everyone else) would have handled the PR part better but trying to understand why people have an issue with settlements.

KingLando said:

Honest question ..do think Ohio State wouldn't have paid people off in hopes of making the story die if they were in our situation?
I agree they (and everyone else) would have handled the PR part better but trying to understand why people have an issue with settlements.

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I have no issue with settlements if there's proof of harm being done to someone. PSU certainly bungled not just the PR, but pretty much everything else. It was a total failure of leadership. I was simply comparing the per capita payouts.

NittPicker said:

I have no issue with settlements if there's proof of harm being done to someone. PSU certainly bungled not just the PR, but pretty much everything else. It was a total failure of leadership. I was simply comparing the per capita payouts.

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Fair enough. We completely agree on the total failure of leadership. They're all at best incompetent. We won't get into "at worst".

We disagree about settling civil cases without proof. Civil cases are settled every day for high amounts to avoid the costs of a trial and the risk associated with it. It's also not an admission of guilt. I get the frustration but, truthfully, the only thing they did right IMO was settle those cases. I would have advised to settle. I think most would. There's so much risk with a civil trial especially for a client like Penn State with basically unlimited cash.

Our BoT to further their agenda threw Penn State under the bus.

KingLando said:

That's what smart people do
They pay things to make them go away and dont defend the criminal

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Thanks Ken. Brilliant strategy.

ApexLion said:

Thanks Ken. Brilliant strategy.

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Review any civil case settlement kiddo