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Here is a quote from an earlier article in the Durango local paper regarding the incident. Emphasis mine.

Several days later, Young found out who had left the cookies on her doorstep while speaking on the telephone with Taylor Ostergaard's mother, Jill Ostergaard, who offered to pay for expenses related to the incident not covered by Young's health insurance plan.
The girls also wrote a note of apology to Young, but on the advice of an attorney, they opted not to meet with her in person.
Several weeks later, the Taylors and Ostergaards sent Young an attorney-authored agreement outlining their intention to pay Young and releasing the two families from any further financial liability related to the incident.
But Young was advised not to sign the document and took the girls to small claims court - where a decision Thursday resulted in a victory for Young and national attention for the two teenagers.

So let's see. They immediately offer to pay her medical bills and they write her a letter of apology. But they don't meet with her in person, so she takes them to court. Yeah, that makes sense.

And you want to criticize them for talking to a lawyer? If you ask me that was downright prescient of them.

Here's the link to the article.