How Much Do You Think the Doctor Will Get In a Settlement?

[Stuart G]

It is up for discussion..Not if he will get a lot, but how much?..
Oh..I will say 2 million to start up

[WinkyDink]

1. I heard an estimate on MSNBC of $10 million, minimum. "Reconstructive surgery?! Somebody needs to go

to prison!

[Kber]

13. That was going to be my guess

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. We'll never know. The settlement will be confidential.

[Warpy]

3. This is a Doctor who won a quarter of a million dollars on the professional poker circuit.

I sincerely doubt this will be either quick or easy and certainly not inexpensive. United will pay through the nose, and good luck to them getting a gag order imposed on the final amount.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Confidential settlements in controversial cases are the norm.

The usual deal with these is that if you violate the confidentiality agreement you have to give the money back. I will bet you kroner to kruggerands that that's what will happen here.

[PoliticAverse]

4. If you were United, how much would you pay to get him to not appear on TV shows all over,

and to avoid a public civil trial?

[Stuart G]

6. That is a great question...How much would United pay?

A whole lot, far more than I could guess. But a whole lot..
Think about it, he could appear on a whole lot of TV shows..And lots of TV shows would ask him to appear..at least for a while...and he is a doctor, so ...perhaps he would make an outstanding TV personality..I sure don't know..But to keep this doctor quiet...a whole lot...

[OldHippieChick]

5. How much was he injured plus how much

will it take for him to be rehabilitated, plus his loss of business, plus pain and suffering and it pretty much equals $10M for me.

[pnwmom]

7. And where would they find a jury not full of people who hate flying on airlines? nt

[elehhhhna]

8. We will never know because there will be a clause in the deal

[Dulcinea]

9. An undisclosed amount.

It'll be settled out of court. The file will be sealed & the details will be confidential.

[sharp_stick]

10. It will probably go to arbitration

and any settlement will be confidential.

[CK_John]

12. IMO, It a minimum of 30 mil and 6-8 mil for the attorney.

[ananda]

14. I think 100 million would be fair.

OK, maybe more, but it would still make a statement
that it was so wrong!

[MichMan]

15. How about a Boeing ? nm

[MicaelS]

16. I would sue for $100 million.

Tell my lawyer to be a shark.

[onecent]

17. Well some guy came on ABC at 5:30 and said that the British have found

out some people listened to phone conversations from WAShington DC to the Kremlin...they are
going to be working on that.

We have to get this man out of the FREAKING white house.!!!!!

[Sinistrous]

18. I have the feeling it would have taken fewer dollars for United to have

hired a Lear jet to take its crew members to their destination.