Of course the McCourts will mediate
From today's Wall Street Journal Law Blog (an Angels fan):
every time we hear the name “McCourt” these days, our heart leaps a little. Who cares if the ridiculous divorce travails of Jamie and Frank end up wrecking the team, after all? The worse the Dodgers fare, the more likely it is that fans will shift their allegiances to the superior team that plays 30 miles down I-5. In any event, according to this AP report, the McCourts are finally softening, it seems, and taking the whole debacle into mediation. A person familiar with the case told the AP late Tuesday that the two sides would meet in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Friday. Click here for the take from Josh Fisher’s Dodger Divorce blog.
Comments (1)
Read through and enter the discussion by using the form at the endJoe Markowitz - September 23, 2010 11:52 AM
But first they needed to spend millions on legal defense.
This trial is such a perfect example of the power and the limitations of the court system. The legal and factual issues are getting exposed in as much excruciating detail as you could possibly want. But it doesn't seem to matter, because this may be one of those cases that no one can "win." My understanding of this case could be all wrong, but it seems possible that if Frank gets the Dodgers, he might not be able to afford to keep the team because of his obligations to Jamie. And if Jamie wins and the Dodgers are community property, they still might have to sell the team. Which means they pretty much have to settle no matter how the trial comes out. Sounds like it's a good time for a negotiating session.
http://www.mediate-la.com/2010/06/baseball-and-mediation.html