Originally Posted by JohnnyJames

CNN is perhaps the best idea in this thread. Once the announcement is officially made, your team could exert a LOT of pressure on Safeway.

Safeway is a grocery chain, and as such, will be subject to pressure of everyone from environmentalists to religious nuts. It is possible that the wrong press over the AFF deal would kill the transaction. Not sure that's a wise move, to take it so far, but certainly Safeway is touchable on a PR level that AFF neer had to be concerned with.

You're also correct about settlement language-they can contain anything.

However, I find it hard to believe you would refuse a deal that:

A. Gives you say, 10 million dollars

B. Acknowledges no wrongdoing on the part of the defendants.

C. Requires you to keep your mouth shut for life.

I know the idealist in me (and probably you and everyone else) would like to think otherwise. Sure, it would be great to protect your brethren in the biz, but in the end, it HAS to be about you and your family. I don't think anyone can condemn that.

I certainly don't see a settlement being offered or reached that would admit guilt or set up a precedent for others to come to the Safeway trough.

Now, going to trial, well, that's a different matter and certainly could result in many more suits, if you are successful. Unfortunately, you probably won't have a verdict either way for at least ten years.