Chapter 48 Reparations
The members of the jury and Old Joe in the audience applauded in unison, and Bella and Hogarth's attorneys clapped their hands with humanity and concern.
Seeing that the two clerks under his command were applauding, the bearded judge, who had secretly received a lot of money from Stark Industries, also slapped his face twice speechlessly.
With tears on his face, the defendant's client grabbed the doctor's hand and tried to delay a moment: "Oh God! Dr. Brandon, thank you for saving me! ”
"You're welcome, this is a doctor's duty."
"Nope! Please make sure I thank you! The adrenaline was already starting to kick in, and the defendant's client was so excited that he wanted to flip two heels on the spot.
The doctor helped him up and looked at him twice, and seemed to be very satisfied with his first aid level, looking at this patient, who was so serious before, and now he was rescued by himself!
There was smugness in his tone: "Let's continue the trial." ”
You want me to die! The defense client had to get back into his seat and continue to face Jerry. Hogarth's cross-examination.
Defeated!
The defense's client was killed to the point of losing his armor, and his lawyer asked a few inconsequential questions.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the jury issued an unofficial verdict finding Stark Industries and Wexler Steel Co. in breach of contract, and the judge respected the jury's opinion and made a final verdict in accordance with Arizona law.
Stark Industries and Wexler Steel are required to pay the full pension of retired steel workers within 90 days.
Bella and Lao Qiao and others discussed that the previous way of receiving a monthly pension every year was really unreliable, and now the buyer and the steel factory are required to pay it in a lump sum.
If the elderly can live to be 100 years old, 100 minus their current age, and then multiply the actual amount that they should receive every year, which is the pension they should receive.
If they live past the age of 100, it will be considered a loss for the elderly, and if the currency depreciates, it is also a risk that they need to take.
The fact is that after working in the steel mill all their lives, no one thinks that they can live to be 100 years old, and God bless them to live to 90, and everyone is happy to be able to get an extra part of the money.
Even if the currency depreciates, they admit it!
Stark Industries and the Steel Works certainly weren't happy, not all of them had pensions of forty-five thousand dollars a year, and Old Joe's pension was the largest, but even so, according to their calculations, the total pensions of fifty-nine workers added up to more than fifty million.
A broken steel factory, in addition to the normal acquisition costs, has to pay 50 million US dollars? No one is happy with anyone.
Bella knew they weren't happy, and it was predictable that she would continue to delay while appealing, so the demonstrations did not stop.
No matter how you robbed the bank before, she lost money, and at her suggestion, the three old men still donated most of the stolen money in addition to the necessary living expenses.
Now that the court has won the case, whether it is to demonstrate in front of the Stark branch or to win the sympathy of the media, the old people are standing on the highest moral ground.
The elderly themselves are a vulnerable group, this vulnerable group has nothing to do with the skin color of blacks and whites, and has nothing to do with the gender of male and female rights, everyone will go through this stage, today it is them, tomorrow it will be you!
Sympathy in itself, and now there is the court's decision to support it, Bella and Natasha gathered a lot of students and spoke on various online media, Stark Industries' competitors are also secretly working hard, and the demonstrations of the old people have gained a lot of social attention.
Parliamentarians, politicians of all parties, and journalists are following this topic closely, which is increasingly detrimental to Stark Industries, which is at the center of the maelstrom.
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"Everybody gets old, today it's Old Joe, Old Willy, tomorrow it's us, maybe Tony. Mr. Stark has enough money that he doesn't need to think about his retirement in his old age, but we do! I think Stark Industries' CEO Obadia. Mr. Stanley needs it too, he is only a part-time worker after all, and 99% of the people in this country need to think about it!
I am just an ordinary person, I can only do my meager strength to appeal to everyone, everyone stand up together, we have to say 'no' to those capitalists, they can't swallow up our pensions at will! ”
Obadiah looked at Bella, who was talking eloquently in front of the CNN camera, and wanted to smash the computer with one punch.
Lao Tzu is still working at the age of seventy, and he has worked hard for so many years, and he still hasn't got a family background? Lao Tzu doesn't need a pension!
Things are developing so quickly that he didn't expect it, and now the problem is no longer Bella and the dozens of old workers in the broken steel factory.
The incident spread across the United States, and many employees and workers employed by Stark Industries expressed their concerns to varying degrees.
This group ranges from the assistant around Obadai to the aunt who is in charge of cleaning the group's toilets, everyone is concerned about this issue, what about my pension? Will it also be suspended?
The relationship between the two parties is only an employee, not a slave, if you don't pay for it, who will work for you!
The whole group was in turmoil, and Obadai held daily meetings to appease his subordinates, he was also a tyrant and quite decisive, and when his subordinates were about to continue the lawsuit with Bella's side, he directly called it off.
Take the money and smash it, and first settle the initiator.
The 50 million pension is obviously blackmail, Stark Industries can't open this opening, the amount is too big, who can live to be 100 years old? Stand up and let me see!
The age limit is set at 90 years of age, after which a portion of the pension is paid according to this standard.
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A week later, the old people received a pension from Stark Industries, which totaled fifteen million dollars! Specific to the heads of fifty-nine old people, the most can get 300,000 yuan, and the few can get more than 100,000 yuan.
The holes in the bank's wealth management products can basically be plugged, the house will not be taken away, and a large part of the money will be left for the family's future expenses.
The children, neighbors, and friends of the old people were subjected to pressure from all sides, persuasion, threats, and inducements, and after they got the money, they tactfully expressed to Bella that they hoped that it would end.
"Yes, I respect your choice."
Bella and Natasha left Old Joe's house, and the old man, embarrassed, personally drove them outside the door until they drove away, and then staggered back to his house.
Natasha was somewhat frustrated that things weren't working out perfectly.
Bella was quite satisfied, and it was good that things had come to this point.
Can't say Tony. Stark is a good guy, and his Stark industry is all good guys.
Now everyone still abides by the rules of the game, but if it is urgent, the hiring of murderers and kidnappings will definitely happen, and Bella is not afraid, it does not mean that others are not afraid.
The fame and praise she needed were obtained, and the old people were compensated with similar monetary compensation, and the matter could end there.