Re:It is suggested (Score 1)

The settlement agreement would state that the company denies liability. That protects the company from being forever precluded from denying liability (res judicata). But the fact that the company settled the case, and its terms (who paid who and how much) are not rendered inadmissible. The fact of settlement, if relevant, could be admitted in any future litigation and a jury could reasonably conclude, as posters suggest, that a company wouldn't pay that sort of money if it had a defensible case.