Florida State reaches settlement with Jameis Winston's accuser

[YardRat]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...inston-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]

Awesome!

[Mace]

Good for them.

[sukie]

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]

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

[sukie]

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...