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Price to PepsiCo for Not Being in Court: $1.26 Billion

Arch Enemy said:
I don't see how you can prove that you were the first to bottle water.
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Pepsi didn't show up for court; therefore, the need to prove anything became irrelevant.

Pepsi failed to defend themselves and now they can live with the consequences.
 
Vader said:
I forgotten more about the law then you will ever know.
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For some reason, I doubt this.

Vader said:
OH .....

RIGHTINNYC GOT OWNED!!!!

LOL

Nicely done, ArchEnemy!
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wow.

just....wow.

Vader said:
Pepsi didn't show up for court; therefore, the need to prove anything became irrelevant.

Pepsi failed to defend themselves and now they can live with the consequences.
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Or they can do exactly what I said they would do above and have the default judgment vacated. Which is what they did yesterday.

Judge scraps $1.26 billion judgment against Pepsi - JSOnline

Judge scraps $1.26 billion judgment against Pepsi

A Jefferson County judge Friday vacated an earlier default judgment in that amount she had granted to the two men against PepsiCo. The company said it had not responded to the April lawsuit until October because of a secretary's "human error."

The men claimed PepsiCo had misappropriated a trade secret they had discussed with local Pepsi bottlers in 1981, and used it years later for production of Aquafina bottled water. When PepsiCo repeatedly failed to respond or appear on the suit, their attorney, David C. Van Dyke, moved for the default judgment and added the eye-popping damage award. Circuit Judge Jacqueline Erwin signed the judgment Sept. 30.

That finally caught PepsiCo's attention, and the company scrambled to vacate the judgment and dismiss the initial complaint.

At a hearing Friday, PepsiCo attorney Dean Panos argued that Erwin should vacate her prior order because Wisconsin law disfavors default judgments. Panos also argued that since the case had barely begun, the plaintiffs would not be harmed, and that no default judgment can stand if the underlying complaint is defective.
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I find it odd that anybody would argue that Pepsi paying it's lawyers a few million dollars to find a way to not pay 1.26 billion, which they would, isn't somehow better than paying 1.26 billion. Even if Pepsi lost, which I doubt considering how hard it would be to prove that in 1981 you had the brilliant* idea of bottling water, it simply would be cheaper to settle out of court than pay 1.26 billion dollars.
 
RightinNYC said:
For some reason, I doubt this.



wow.

just....wow.



Or they can do exactly what I said they would do above and have the default judgment vacated. Which is what they did yesterday.

Judge scraps $1.26 billion judgment against Pepsi - JSOnline
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Whatever ... we all know you sold your soul.

Stop defending big business criminals.

I would appeal the decision to vacate the judgment. Error is error. Why should Pepsi get a second chance because their employee dropped the ball?
 
Vader said:
Whatever ... we all know you sold your soul.
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And how!

Stop defending big business criminals.
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I'm curious - how exactly is Pepsi a criminal entity? You know this was a civil suit, right?

I would appeal the decision to vacate the judgment.
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They can do whatever they want. It's fairly certain that they won't win.

Error is error. Why should Pepsi get a second chance because their employee dropped the ball?
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Because imposing a $1.26b default judgment against a company because of a secretarial snafu is contrary to justice, especially where the claim appears to be meritless and they have a colorable claim of faulty service.
 
RightinNYC said:
And how!



I'm curious - how exactly is Pepsi a criminal entity? You know this was a civil suit, right?



They can do whatever they want. It's fairly certain that they won't win.



Because imposing a $1.26b default judgment against a company because of a secretarial snafu is contrary to justice, especially where the claim appears to be meritless and they have a colorable claim of faulty service.
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Thats right .... kiss the business ass. Never hold corrupt corporate thievs responsible for their actions.

Typical republinazi bull****.
 
Nonsense judgement.

The two Wisconsin men don't have a patent on bottling water, and that's all there is to it.

People were bottling water in the 19th Century.
 
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