Comments on: Update: “I’ll pay them a million dollars if they can do it.” https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/12/million-dollar-promise/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 21 Dec 2014 23:26:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: captnhal https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/12/million-dollar-promise/comment-page-1/#comment-315584 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 23:26:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=50178#comment-315584 So lawyers can make claims in court when they thare are supposedly obligated to tell the truth and the penalty when proven false is nothing? I don’t buy the excuse that it was intended as a joke. The intent was to seriously sway the jury.

]]> By: Hugo S. Cunningham https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/12/million-dollar-promise/comment-page-1/#comment-315569 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:35:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=50178#comment-315569 Would the court have ruled in the claimant’s favor if the defense counsel had affirmed his promise under cross-examination:
“You say that you will pay one million dollars to anyone who can meet the prosecution’s time-line. Is that a binding commitment made under oath, or just empty rhetoric?”

Attorneys are not subject to cross-examination, however, so I suppose my scenario is moot.

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