Florida State reaches settlement with Jameis Winston's accuser

[YardRat]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14644864/florida-state-settling-lawsuit-jameis-winston-accuser

Florida State has settled a federal Title IX lawsuit with the former student who alleged that former quarterback Jameis Winston sexually assaulted her in December 2012.
The school will pay $950,000, which attorneys for accuser Erica Kinsman say is the largest payment in history to a single plaintiff claiming a school's indifference to a sexual assault allegation. The settlement agreement says Kinsman will receive $250,000, and her attorneys will get $700,000, though the agreement notes that may not be the actual split of the total settlement.
Kinsman attorney John Clune said his client will receive more than $250,000, adding that FSU is using that breakdown to justify its payment.

[Blondie]

Re: Florida State reaches settlement with Jameis Winston's accuser

Awesome!

[Mace]

Re: Florida State reaches settlement with Jameis Winston's accuser

Good for them.

[sukie]

Re: Florida State reaches settlement with Jameis Winston's accuser

SO the attorneys get 700k of it? Nice billable hours. And how much did Jameis pay? Ya know, the supposed sexual assaulter?

If I was out late at night and left an establishment only to get mugged in the establishment owned parking lot... i could sue the establishment for a million? And My attorneys would take 75% of that? How much would me defense cost for my murder trial for supposedly killing my attorneys be?

[Blondie]

Re: Florida State reaches settlement with Jameis Winston's accuser

I thought an attorney could'nt take more than a 3rd?? Or is that just personal injury claims?

[sukie]

Re: Florida State reaches settlement with Jameis Winston's accuser

I thought an attorney couldn't take more than a 3rd?? Or is that just personal injury claims?

Perhaps the 1/3rd of the award is in addition to the fees for services rendered...