Marty gets settlement, no verdict on lawsuit? (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 19:11 (3788 days ago) @ SonofMacPhisto

It's telling that Harold Ryan chose to settle in this manner, as it probably means he knew there was a significant chance he would have lost at trial. Interesting stuff, nonetheless.

Or, he's got more important things to do and this amount was what would make it go away, whether or not they would win or lose in court.

I'm inclined to think it was an avoidance of spending more time and money, but why did it take this long? I realize it's probably not as simple as haggling over a number at a garage sale or whatever, but the suit was filed months ago. Is this normal settlement speed?