Refusing settlement shifts a burning-injury case from negotiation into a jury trial.
Evidence
As the trial date approached without a settlement, the amount demanded by Liebeck’s attorney escalated to
300,000. A mediator encouraged McDonald's to settle for225,000. But McDonald’s denied responsibility, and the case went to trial. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3520
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the course’s examination of the adjudication-versus-negotiation distinction and the vanishing trial.