There are no settlements in criminal cases. Stern could be held criminally liable the same as the woman who gave John Belushi his last fix.
Well, that's not necessarily true as criminals plead to lesser offenses all the time. However, that is irrelevant as to what I was talking about. HKS's case against the hotel would be a CIVIL case and a majority of those cases do settle out of court. Anyway, I am not saying HKS's case would have any merit, I am merely saying that I wouldn't be surprised if HKS filed one and then settled out of court.