ooli@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoDisney reverses course on bid to block wrongful death lawsuit by widower who had Disney+edition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down14
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minus-squarefeannaglinkfedilinkarrow-up91·4 months agoThey also don’t want to test the legality of forced arbitration on something like this, where precedent against it might be set.
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·4 months agoEspecially when the judge will have seen the outrage and likely be influenced by it. I think you’re very right.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoThat was my first thought… They initiated it for the precedent, they must have had reason to believe they wouldn’t get the ruling they wanted.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoIf not this, then what are they waiting for to actually use this?
They also don’t want to test the legality of forced arbitration on something like this, where precedent against it might be set.
Especially when the judge will have seen the outrage and likely be influenced by it.
I think you’re very right.
That was my first thought… They initiated it for the precedent, they must have had reason to believe they wouldn’t get the ruling they wanted.
If not this, then what are they waiting for to actually use this?