QUESTION
Does the department anticipate settling more cases instead of going to trial due to lower staffing levels?
1:58:38
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The Head of the New York City Law Department explains the considerations involved in settling cases and going to trial.
- The department evaluates the exposure for the city in each case.
- Settlement decisions are based on what is in the best interest of the city.
- The possibility of facing a significant judgment if a case is not settled is a factor considered.
- Attorneys are reminded of their responsibility to prioritize going to trial over settling cases.
Lincoln Restler
1:58:38
Does the department expect that it will need to settle more cases instead of going to trial due to lower staffing levels?
Judge Sylvia Hinds-Radix
1:58:48
Settling cases involve a union council member of a lot of things.
1:58:54
We evaluate the the exposure for the city.
1:58:58
We don't necessarily go to settle a case because there's not an individual person to go to trial.
1:59:07
That's not our bottom line.
1:59:10
We try to make sure that that we're doing it in the best interest of the city.
1:59:17
There's a possibility if we didn't settle a case, we could be we could go to trial and be post a significant judgment.
1:59:24
Those are things that we look at, and those are things that we have the attorneys do, and we have them understand that it is a part of the responsibility as as attorneys with licenses to go into court and to have that 1st and foremost rather than the thought that we have to settle it because of of the fact that that there's you know, we don't wanna go to trial.
1:59:45
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