> Zilly said that when the case goes to trial this article is about a month old; the case recently settled [0] (at least, a preliminary notice of settlement wa

> Zilly said that when the case goes to trial this article is about a month old; the case recently settled [0] (at least, a preliminary notice of settlement was filed, it's not finalized yet, and none of the details are public) it seems very likely that these sanctions convinced the city to settle instead of going to trial, or at a minimum forced them to settle for less favorable terms than they were hoping for. 0: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/seattle-settles-chop-lawsuit-after-judge-levied-sanctions-over-deleted-texts/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/seattl...