[eek2121]

So, another comment detailed other legal aspects, I'll tackle the "most" part. Even if no other contract exists, that means at least 50.1% of all laid off employees should receive some type of severance. Said severance can be anywhere from a penny to millions.

We don't know what went down. Musk could have actually paid 50.1% (or greater) employees severance. It doesn't matter, because in the U.S. you can sue anyone else for anything, illegal or not. I can sue you because your username sucks, for example. Oh and if you don't show up, I win a default judgement, so there is that.

[upon_drumhead]

Courts are a little more complicated than you are giving them credit for.

For example, federal courts can dismiss a case due to lack of standing in sua sponte (Frank v Gaos).

While you can file any sort of insanity, the courts are not beholden to just robotically follow though with it.