A few weeks ago I mentioned that I wondered what the outcome of the settlement being made between Wright and Kleiman would be. Whatever it was,
Wright just pulled out of it, now saying its because he doesn't have the money for the settlement. (Duh).
In reliance on these efforts and what seemed to be steady progress toward global resolution, Plaintiffs stopped active litigation, focused on settlement, and joined both of Craig’s motions to extend the case deadlines by 30 days (ECF No. 284 and 287). The Court granted the first motion, but held the existing March 30, 2020 trial date; it all but denied the second motion, pushing off only the deadline for Plaintiffs to move for attorneys’ fees and Defendant to appeal this Court’s sanctions order (See ECF No. 286 and 289).
On October 30, without any advance notice, Plaintiffs were informed Craig could no longer finance the settlement and was “breaking” the non-binding settlement agreement.
To that end, Plaintiffs began shifting back into preparing for trial (with much lost time).
So now the Plaintiffs have to go back to square one (or square 2, or 3) with the case going back to trial mode. It would appear Craig's plan is to keep pulling these time-wasting maneuvers indefinitely... I'm sure the judge won't be willing to overlook his stalling tactics for too long.
The next event would have been scheduled for Nov. 8th when the CFO of one of Craig's companies said they could give a deposition. Of course the defense didn't consent to it and said they would need more time to figure out if they ever would...