We increased her (painkiller) dosages and did not get any satisfactory response. We concluded that there were no options remaining to us ... At first light today Toni left us.

It's not surprising that there's been no response

There is no settlement. Any discussions that we had with plaintiff's counsel had not been concluded, and the settlement amount set forth in plaintiff's press release bears no relationship whatsoever to the number that had been discussed.

Regarded as a means, (the businessman) is tolerable; as an end, he is not so satisfactory

There was no cause to terminate her. They simply concluded that they did not need representation this session.

We're pleased that the court concluded that they had no jurisdiction to overturn the trial judge's ruling. We look forward to going to trial where the jury will have all of the evidence.