Even if they laid off all the other company’s employees in the twin cities area, they will still not be able to properly settle the veteran lawsuit.
At $5 mil per case, with 233,000 plaintiffs, you are looking at something above 1 trillion dollars. And then doesn’t even count the legal fees and possible punitive damages if they decide to fight back. Realistically the amount could go up by a factor of 10.
This is what happens when you sc--w people over.