evidence civil-procedure acknowledgement
Is an offer of a discount an acknowledgement of guilt of negligence and misconduct?
<p>I have the following excerpt:</p>
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<p>I have looked at the bills related to the service calls and can offer discount.</p>
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<p>This party is being sued for negligence and misconduct in providing services. However, they are denying the allegations. Does the above excerpt show that they are acknowledging that they are guilty? What is the significance of that statement in a court claim against this party?</p>
<p>Additional context:<br />
This is an excerpt from a reply to a request to cover the amount of damage. The full explanation lists a couple of factors, but the party does not take the responsibility. At the end of this explanation, they offer the mentioned discount.</p>

<p>No, this is not an acknowledgement of guilt or liability. It offers a &quot;discount&quot; some sort of reduction in price. This could be an offer of settlement without admission of liability, or even just advertising for repeat business (unlikely as that may seem). Without the rest of the communication, there is no way to tell. Unless there are specific admissions, this statement alone is not likely to have much significance in such a case.</p>
<p><strong>Edit</strong>: There is still not enough context to tell exactly what the sender of this communication wanted to accomplish with the offer of the discount, but since the OP now says &quot;the party does not take the responsibility&quot; this is <strong>not</strong> an admission of guilt, whatever else it is. It sounds like some sort of backdoor form of settlement offer without admission, but that is far from clear to me. My original answer is not significantly hanged here.</p>

<h3>DISCLAIMER</h3>
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<li><p>I'm not a Qualified Judge or Lawyer; and</p>
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<li><p>This answer is not a legal advice, includes solely unqualified opinions for informational purposes.</p>
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<h3>No.</h3>
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<li><p><a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/a/58660/24670">This answer</a> is correct.</p>
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<li><p>It is just a casual business communication.</p>
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<li><p>There is no significance here, whatsoever.</p>
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<li><p>Based on the information that you have provided, the case would be dismissed, unless you have other types of evidence or other similar statements.</p>
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<h3>Edit</h3>
<p>No. Because:</p>
<p>(a) &quot;the party does not take the responsibility&quot;; and<br />
(b) their statement does not mention anything about settlement, nor does it refer to.</p>
<p>Therefore, the case would be dismissed.</p>
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