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why did this homeowner s association settle for this big money. they made a cost-benefit analysis. they realized if they went to trial they could stand to lose many multiple millions of dollars. big high profile case. here is what would have happened. they could have gone and lost millions. they would have had had to pay attorney fees, member even both sides attorneys fees if they lost it a million dollars was probably a good settlement for them. bill: do you see that the homeowner s association had any responsibility for what zimmerman did? maybe. bill: that s the crux of it? maybe. that s what they didn t want to the insurance company didn t want to take a chance. bill: insurance company made the call? exactly. annahita do you agree with that. i agree. i think clearly this was a business decision made by the hoa. bill, there are a myriad of reasons why civil litigants settle cases without going to trial. bill: that s why everybody sues. exactly. if you can ge
maybe. bill: that s the crux of it? maybe. that s what they didn t want to the insurance company didn t want to take a chance. bill: insurance company made the call? exactly. annahita do you agree with that. i agree. i think clearly this was a business decision made by the hoa. bill, there are a myriad of reasons why civil litigants settle cases without going to trial. bill: that s why everybody sues. exactly. if you can get a lawyer to it on contingency which means you don t charge unless you win. exactly. bill: everybody sues which is why the courts are chaotic everywhere because the insurance companies basically settle going you know what? we could lose and it s going to cost us a fortune to defend. so the traive martin gets the money. i am not saying they shouldn t get the money. i don t know. it s my job to point out what s going on. the fox news reporter, explain that, wiehl. yeah, jana winter. she published a report in july. in report, on foxnews.com.
bill: that s the crux of it? maybe. that s what they didn t want to the insurance company didn t want to take a chance. bill: insurance company made the call? exactly. annahita do you agree with that. i agree. i think clearly this was a business decision made by the hoa. bill, there are a myriad of reasons why civil litigants settle cases without going to trial. bill: that s why everybody sues. exactly. if you can get a lawyer to it on contingency which means you don t charge unless you win. exactly. bill: everybody sues which is why the courts are chaotic everywhere because the insurance companies basically settle going you know what? we could lose and it s going to cost us a fortune to defend. so the traive martin gets the money. i am not saying they shouldn t get the money. i don t know. it s my job to point out what s going on. the fox news reporter, explain that, wiehl. yeah, jana winter. she published a report in july. in report, on foxnews.com.