Originally Posted by lewende

Not yet. Sent couple emails over weekend and awaiting responses.

Originally Posted by sidestep

I agree, i have been trying to get in touch with people through pm, hoping they may be gun shy posting in the thread and would rather talk via PM, email, telephone, whatever - I am not really interested in the outcome (although if they have prevailed i am happy for them), bur rather am more interested in the process. I ask only because I am in litigation with a carrier and have my court date within the next two months, barring any development between now and then. Once i have fully gone through the process i will post the outcome here, I am not sure there is anything to lose one way or the other unless I am a signatory to a confidentiality agreement, in which case, I wont be able to divulge details..

In the meantime, I have helped a few FTers via PM, I wish them luck in their proceedings, and for those that have helped me, thank you. If anyone else wishes to discuss anything with me feel free to reach out to me. I have gone through discovery and am waiting to go before a judge.

Originally Posted by set4life101

Hi guys:
I have a hard time believing that people have settled out of court with LX. LX seems to be very shrewd and does not mind spending the legal fees (tax writeoffs for them) to fight this case otherwise it would set a bad precedent. As I mentioned earlier 2 of my SCC were combined to a civil case (legal tactic to make it difficult for me to keep pursuing them, given the time/money/energy it takes to process a civil case). The lawyer used the tactic of requesting a jury demand to get it into the hands of the civil court (I guess where I am, if you request a jury it automatically becomes a civil issue). On the day of the pre-trial hearing I spoke to the attorney outside the court and he tried to scare me about the inconvenience this case was going to cause me (i.e. I would have to be deposed etc.).
Where I am now is, I have filed my ammended civil complaint. What I did was hire an attorney only to review my docs (I provided all the supporting details) and reword in the right legal language. The layer isn't technically representing me and thus my costs are low. I get a writeoff for this as well (minimal but still something). Because I filed my amended complaint later then the 10 days the judge had ordered, I had to file a motion for the court to accept the ammended complaint. The LX attorneys have consented to the motion, but I haven't heard back from the courts (have a feeling its lost in paperwork). Also I asked my lawyer to verbally discuss settlement options. I can tell you that LX is not in the least bit interested in settling...yet. The chief LX counsel person "Erin Sweeney" (for those who sent service to New York) reportedly told the LX attorney handling my case that they have received several of these cases and don't have a desire to settle. LX's parent company Lufthansa recently had some issues with members of its work workforce going on strike, so I wonder if that would have any impact on this (probably not). Bottom line, if LX offered a settlement to people then I guess they were lucky. From my discussion with LX's attorney, they will like file a templated motion for summary judgement to my civil complaint to hopefully have the case dismissed. If I succeed in overcoming this, than I would likely have the leverage to get LX to settle. Regardless, I know that LX has already spent several thousand dollars litigating this case just with me. So there, I've shared my details publicly, would encourage others to do the same.