Arbitration & Mediation

Settle It with Push Ups?

By Victoria Pynchon

For an enlightened manly-man resolution to the patently insane prospect of litigating a $40,000 dispute, see the WSJ Law Blog post ADR Chronicles: Taylor Lautner Gets Settlement Offer for the Ages

Lautner . . . star of the 'Twilight' movies, recently sued McMahon, the owner of an RV dealership in Irvine, Calif, for allegedly failing to deliver a customized vehicle in time for the shoot of his new movie, 'Abduction.'

On Monday, McMahon presented what we can only consider to be an awesome solution to the dustup: settle it with pushups. That's right: whoever can do more pushups — McMahon or Lautner — wins the lawsuit. Click here for the story, from the Hollywood Reporter.

McMahon and attorney Adam Obeid say the Lautners and their lawyers demanded $40,000 before filing the lawsuit. But they offered up a different idea: If Lautner shows up and wins the push-up contest, McMahon will pay him and his Shark Kid Entertainment the $40,000 to settle the case. If McMahon wins, he'll donate the $40,000 to Children's Hospital of Orange County.

'We're taking a negative and making it into a positive to benefit the sick children at Children's Hospital of Orange County,' McMahon said at the press conference. He says he has other sponsors willing to chip in if Lautner appears.

 

Full post as published by Settle It Now Negotiation Blog on September 07, 2010 (boomark / email).