I’m not even sure what a true “settlement” would look like in a case like this. Usually a settlement serves to at least partially repair the damage to the plain

I’m not even sure what a true “settlement” would look like in a case like this. Usually a settlement serves to at least partially repair the damage to the plaintiff. In this case the damage can’t be repaired at all. If there was a crime committed people need to go to jail in such cases. Unequal application of justice: someone steals a donut and ends up in jail, yet, another person person dumps tons of toxic sludge in a river and they get to “settle” using the money that’s not even their own.