Cain vs. Salazar/Nike Is Over - Settlement Reached

She got enough to pay her lawyers. They had no case and took anything to break even

I have asked this over and over and nobody ever has a reply. While all of this was going on where we're the female members of the Oregon Project? Why didn't they try to help her comfort her or advise her?

because Mary was full of sh*t. This lawsuit was joke.
Alberto should of never let her run for him or Nike.

This thread has less than 10 posts if you take out Beaverton, OR IP addresses.

How would you know that Mr. Unregistered?

Something could be as simple as Nike agreeing not to make a motion that she pay their legal fees.

Shut up, sock-puppet.

This is the second poster that seems to believe Cain got $2 million minimum. I don't believe she got anywhere near that and the posters throwing out those numbers are just making them up.

But your conjecture is better than their conjecture, right?

Goodness. It's clear LetsRun commentators on this post know nothing about litigation, whether they're lawyers or not.

First, it is not unusual for more time to be granted to respond to a motion for summary judgment if discovery is not complete. Happens all the time. Means nothing.

Second, who knows what the settlement is? Probably Cain, her lawyers, and the lawyers for Nike and Salazar. And not many other folks. This is also normal and can mean anything from she got EVERYTHING she asked for, but confidentially, to she confidentially paid them to avoid a motion for attorneys' fees (which is unlikely; those are rarely granted; the US norm for litigation is EACH party pays their own attorneys' fees absent a contractual obligation, statutory requirement, or sanctions, and those conditions are unlikely to apply here).

Third, I have literally had cases settle prior to our MSJ response because of of what we were about to file, for the benefit of my clients, and I have had cases settle prior to our MSJ response with a "agree that everyone releases everyone and everyone walks away" because of what we COULD NOT file. So, see again Second above.

Fourth, there is no such thing as "losing in pretrial" unless you mean losing on a dispositive motion, like a motion for summary judgment or a motion to dismiss. This isn't criminal court—this is civil court. There is no "pretrial" hearing. Technically dispositive motions are a pre-trial resolution, but so is settlement. Or just plain dismissal.

Fifth, I am thinking of creating a "litigation bot" like DoNotPay's traffic-ticket fighting bot that will route any questions through the LetsRun forum, then use the responses from the obvious legal geniuses who are totally not hobby joggers pretending to be elite runners faster than Jakob or Faith to crowdsource the solutions provided by the bot.

Pretty sure I'll make millions. Just gotta figure out how to roll some kind of crypto coin into the whole thing, then I'll be set.

This is the only legally knowledgeable thing in this thread so far. Being outside the SOL is a game breaker. No idea if the suit was—haven't read it. But if so, well, I've been on both sides in litigation—winning because we were able to prove the SOL was past, and losing because we THOUGHT it wasn't past, but the other side and the court disagreed. Stinks, but it is what it is.

She totally got shafted, but also this post nails how it's not just Nike and Alberto who should have done better. The AGENT should have as well. (Maybe her parents, too, but I think you presume folks understand the industry or can get an understanding in these kinds of high-stakes, high-pressure situations quickly and easily. They cannot—which is why AGENTS exist. And Cain's failed her, sadly.)

Yep!

My Take:

It's really pathetic that an athlete makes a conscious and educated decision which is supported by her parents, to move to Portland, Oregon to cash in on a lucrative shoe contract with the largest and most powerful shoe company on the planet and become a professional runner. Upon participating with the pro club soon realizes she made a bad decision, becomes very home sick, wants to go back home and then goes on to sue the coach and the shoe company for being "fat-shamed". Are you serious? This is absolutely egregious and shameful. You're a world class endurance athlete who makes a living dependent on your body being lean, fit, and capable to withstand the physical demands of training, and when your world class coach, whom you and your parents hired to guide and train you to be the best makes a comment regarding your weight and you cry wolf to mommy and daddy that your feelings were hurt. Why wasn't this addressed by Mary and her parents at the time it happened? Did they confront Salazar? Was he able to offer a reason and or apology for being too abrasive? I am certain Alberto wasn't trying to insult or be abusive, unfortunately Mary had already made the decision to leave the club and go home. Now at home, Mary and her parents realize they had made a bad decision to go to Portland, forfeit high school and collegiate eligibility (although they probably didn't have a problem cashing her Nike pay checks), and are embarrassed that their daughter who was the talk of the town is now considered a failure. Bitter and mad, Team Cain wants retribution and what better way to get it is through accusing her coach and the massively rich shoe company he works for of abuse. Due to being female and a minor, it seems like a slam dunk lawsuit which at worse will be settled for some cash, but this isn't working out as they thought and now Team Cain is hoping for their legal fees to be covered, let alone any settlement. Why did Mary's career go downhill upon moving home? Did another coach or club offer to work with her? I'm guessing that Mary was in the early stages of burn out and once in Portland it hit her square in the face that she was in way over her head and ultimately didn't want to be a professional runner.

Spoken like a true layman.

True. This is a classic example of a young person who sues and tattle tales to lawyers the instant things don’t go their way.

mary Cain should be Mary CANT.

If Nike was going to win summary judgment they wouldn’t have settled. A settlement now suggests Nike expected to lose (and bad facts coming out in trial). As a long-practicing attorney, this looks like a likely big settlement to Mary Cain.

How would you have thought KG would have a book about her and Nike written?

She is winning at all costs and so is MC.

The two of them are making way more money off of victim hood then they ever could have off of running.

My truth, my feelings, me me me.

Nike should never ever put female high school runners under contract. Body changes and the resulting emotional roller coaster of that posses nothing but risk.

Mary peaked as a teenager.

No matter who her coach was after that, she wouldn't have improved.

It happens all the time.

Cain essentially lost the case and settled for $75. Which was about $10k above her lawyer fees.

$75k.