My point is that it wasn't ultimately CA's decision; they're not a party to the dispute, only representing one of the parties. If the client wanted to settle, CA didn't have the ability to force them to go to Court.
If CA were the decision-making party, I'd entirely agree with you.
Agree around who calls the shots, it's just the client concerned volunteered to be a test case so i would have thought they would be less likely to just take some cash and run.
Greater good and all that.
Guess we'll never actually know.