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0 pointsmarcosdumay1y ago0 comments

That's not right.

"Settlement" does really say a judge oversaw the entire thing while a corporation bullied somebody working for the public interest into silence.

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twh2701y ago

The lawsuit was settled out of court (https://www.wsbradio.com/news/national/documents-detail/VUTB...). Reading between the lines, I'm guessing OceanGate (a company with substantial financial resources) would have buried Lochbridge (an individual with substantially fewer financial resources) in lawsuits if he had not settled. (Not to mention the stress, hardship, and real-or-perceived threat of jail time for Lochbridge, should the court find him to be guilty.)

If you're implying that the judge was somehow complicit in helping OceanGate ('oversaw', meaning presided over and made decisions concerning), then please provide evidence of that?

marcosdumayOP1y ago

> OceanGate would have buried Lochbridge in lawsuits

So it's not a single judge, but the Judiciary Power collectively was absolutely complicit on the deed.

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