Mable has balanced the cost against the benefit of bringing a lawsuit against harvey. she has decided to sue him for monies owed to her as per a contract the two entered into. however, she would much rather settle her case at the pretrial hearing. if you were advising her about the statistics of cases that settle before they go to trial, what would you tell her?

David paid $975,000 for two beachfront lots in coastal south carolina, with the intention of building residential homes on each. two years later, the south carolina legislature passed the beachfront management act, barring any further development of the coast, including david's lots. when david files a complaint to seek compensation for his property, south carolina refuses, pointing to a passage in david's own complaint that states "the beachfront management act [was] properly and validly designed to south carolina's " is south carolina required to compensate david under the takings clause?