16.Question 16Jessica manufactures components for a product. She has sued one of her customers, Michael, in the United States for payment. Michael claims that the components that Jessica delivered were defective. They are now negotiating a possible settlement. Jessica is asking the court to award her 400,000 in damages and she agreed to pay her attorney a 30% contingency fee. There is a 50% chance that she will win. If they go to court, she estimates that Michael’s attorney’s fees will total 80,000. Based on a decision tree calculation, the value of Jessica’s litigation BATNA based only on these facts is (select one):1 point400,000.280,000.200,000.140,000.110,000.none of the above.
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16.Question 16Jessica manufactures components for a product. She has sued one of her customers, Michael, in the United States for payment. Michael claims that the components that Jessica delivered were defective. They are now negotiating a possible settlement. Jessica is asking the court to award her 400,000 in damages and she agreed to pay her attorney a 30% contingency fee. There is a 50% chance that she will win. If they go to court, she estimates that Michael’s attorney’s fees will total 80,000. Based on a decision tree calculation, the value of Jessica’s litigation BATNA based only on these facts is (select one):1 point400,000.280,000.200,000.140,000.110,000.none of the above.
Solution
To calculate the value of Jessica's litigation BATNA (Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement), we need to consider the potential outcomes and their probabilities.
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If Jessica wins the case, she will receive 400,000, which is $280,000. The probability of this outcome is 50%.
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If Jessica loses the case, she will not receive any damages and she will have to pay Michael’s attorney’s fees of $80,000. The probability of this outcome is also 50%.
The expected value of Jessica's litigation BATNA is the sum of the expected values of these outcomes.
Expected value if Jessica wins = 0.5 * 140,000. Expected value if Jessica loses = 0.5 * -40,000.
So, the value of Jessica's litigation BATNA is 40,000 = $100,000.
Therefore, the correct answer is "none of the above".
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