I was rather hoping that having her husband suicide would've made her refuse to settle and take it all the way to open court out of spite.
The problem here is that civil court proceedings are the means to obtain restitution for damage done.
When the defendant delivers that restitution, plus whatever costs for putting a claimant through the wringer, that's the end of it, job done.
One can hold out for ever greater restitution but it's not possible to force the defendants to admit they are evil bastards. Civil action is the wrong vehicle to use.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
