Appeal Bond

  

At first, you think this has something to do with bananas, but then you recheck the spelling (not "a peel" bond), and now you think it has something to do with a murder conviction being revisited with new DNA evidence.

Well, it's sorta like that last one--a company loses a lawsuit against them for selling pint plastic bags of glass shards called Bag O' Glass to kindergarteners. Apparently, the courts thought this was a really bad idea. The company lost, and they owe the now-scarred children a million dollars. The firm plans to appeal. In order to avoid shenanigans, however, the court requires the company provide a bond that ensures payment of the judgement if the company loses the appeal.

Like how a regular bond in a criminal case discourages defendants from running from the cops, the appeal bond lowers the chance that the defendant in a civil case will use the appeals process to delay payment. Basically, "you can appeal all you want, but let's see the cash first."

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