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it is
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because government employers are funded
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by the taxpayer
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they don’t have to make the same
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economic calculation that a business
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does
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either of the cost of litigation or the
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cost of any
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resulting award so they often look at it
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and just say we’ll fight everything
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irrespective of the merits of the case
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and
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they also have lawyers who do a very
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good job of working the case very hard
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making it very difficult on a
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plaintiff’s lawyer who is typically
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working on a contingency meaning if they
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don’t win they don’t get paid
Tampa FL, commercial litigation attorney Stan Padgett talks about the difficulty of suing a government employer.