In some instances, that doesn’t prevent people from filing further legal action. It happens all the time. It’s a waste of time and money and only the attorneys have anything to gain from it. Also, I highly doubt there isn’t some kind of appeal pending on those rulings.
There were no appeals. And there was a 60 day window in which to contest any facets of the settlement, which has long passed.
The case is fully settled,” Phillip Wittmann, Tom Benson’s New Orleans lawyer, said in an interview Friday. “Mr. Benson is pleased with the outcome of the settlement and that this is last of the legal cases with his heirs.”