Comments on: Lawyers can’t scrub hotel epithet https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/09/lawyers-cant-scrub-dirtiest-hotel-epithet/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 12 Sep 2013 04:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/09/lawyers-cant-scrub-dirtiest-hotel-epithet/comment-page-1/#comment-237640 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 04:22:37 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=41302#comment-237640 Now tagged to that effect.

]]> By: kimsch https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/09/lawyers-cant-scrub-dirtiest-hotel-epithet/comment-page-1/#comment-237637 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 04:11:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=41302#comment-237637 D – Streisand Effect

]]> By: D https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/09/lawyers-cant-scrub-dirtiest-hotel-epithet/comment-page-1/#comment-237626 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 23:14:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=41302#comment-237626 Perhaps the key word is “objectively”. Best and worst are inherently subjective.
FWIW, I agree with Robert’s point of view and generally follow the same procedure, though I also consider cost as a factor.
My rhetorical question is why the plaintiff’s lawyer did not advise his client to take the dismissal and quit shouting about how everyone says his hotel is the dirtiest in America. Will they never learn?

]]> By: Robert https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/09/lawyers-cant-scrub-dirtiest-hotel-epithet/comment-page-1/#comment-237579 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:46:56 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=41302#comment-237579 > “No reader of TripAdvisor’s list would understand Grand Resort to be, objectively, the dirtiest hotel in all the Americas,

Honestly, *I* would. While I take many on-line things with a grain of salt, if there are at least several hundred ratings, the “best” hotel according to Trip Adviser is usually spot on. I’d have no reason to doubt the “worst” either. Many a time I’m visiting a city I’ve never been to before, so I just book myself into the top-rated in that city. It’s never failed me.

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