On October 12, Pacific Lumber/Maxxam settled out of court a wrongful death lawsuit that had been levied by Gypsy?s family. Gypsy was killed on September 17, 1998 when an irate logger fell a tree on him. The settlement by PL/Maxxam includes a monetary distribution to the Chain family, the creation of a memorial in Gypsy?s honor and the creation of a ?community roundtable? to address violence toward protestors during forest protests.

PL/Maxxam has settled other lawsuits levied by wronged individuals just before trial. The Stafford mud slide lawsuit was settled out of court in March of this year when PL/Maxxam agreed to award 26 residents of Stafford, whose houses had been destroyed, the sum of $3.3 million dollars.