RI, 法律 会社／堅い strike $4.4M 協定 on 38 Studios
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ― A 法律 会社／堅い 告訴するd by Rhode Island's 経済的な 開発 機関 over the failed $75 million を取り引きする former Boston Red Sox 投手 Curt Schilling's ビデオ game company has agreed to settle for $4.4 million, the 味方するs said in a 法廷，裁判所 とじ込み／提出するing Friday.
If 認可するd by a 裁判官, it would be the first 解決／入植地 in the high-profile 訴訟 over 38 Studios.
The 取引，協定 has cast a 影をつくる／尾行する over Rhode Island politics ever since the company went 破産者／倒産した two years ago, leaving taxpayers on the hook for as much as $100 million. The 訴訟 was とじ込み／提出するd in 2012 against Schilling and others as an 試みる／企てる to 回復する some of that money.
"The 提案するd 解決／入植地 is a step in the 権利 direction, and I hope this is the beginning of a 肯定的な 決意／決議 to the 38 Studios saga," Gov. Lincoln Chafee said in a written 声明.
The 解決／入植地 協定 between the 機関 以前は known as the 経済的な 開発 Corp. and lawyer Antonio Afonso and his 会社／堅い Moses Afonso Ryan was とじ込み／提出するd with Superior 法廷，裁判所 裁判官 Michael Silverstein. 法廷，裁判所 広報担当者 Craig Berke said the 裁判官 will have a 審理，公聴会 on it July 7.
The 法律 会社／堅い said in the とじ込み／提出するing that it continues to 否定する any 義務／負債 but wants to put the 事柄 behind it, 同様に as 避ける the 危険 of a larger judgment at 裁判，公判. The 明言する／公表する 機関's lawyer said the 機関 is worried there could be little left in the 会社／堅い's 保険 政策 if the 事例／患者 goes to 裁判，公判.
38 Studios moved to Rhode Island from 集まり achusetts in 2010 with the 約束 of a $75 million 明言する／公表する 貸付金 保証（人）. But it was never able to raise the money it needed to 生き残る and 宣言するd 破産 in 2012, leaving taxpayers on the hook to 返す 社債s that had been 問題／発行するd to 基金 the 投機・賭ける.
The 訴訟 主張するs 被告s 含むing two former 機関 従業員s, 投資 banks and others misled the 明言する／公表する into 認可するing the 貸付金 保証（人）. Moses Afonso worked on the 社債 sale and was （刑事）被告 of 違反 of fiduciary 義務, 詐欺, malpractice, 怠慢，過失 and other 悪事を働くこと.
A number of high profile people have been 退位させる／宣誓証言するd or 召喚状d in the 事例／患者, 含むing former Gov. Don Carcieri, who 押し進めるd for the 取引，協定, and former House （衆議院の）議長 Gordon Fox, who supported it and stepped 負かす／撃墜する in March after the 連邦検察局 and IRS （警察の）手入れ，急襲d the 州議会議事堂 and his home for still-unexplained 推論する／理由s.
The 訴訟 does not ask for a 明確な／細部 dollar 量 but for the 被告s to 返す the 社債s. The 控訴 捜し出すs ３倍になる 損害賠償金.
38 Studios 支配するd 審議 at the General 議会 in the 開会／開廷／会期 that ended this month, with some 国会議員s arguing that the 明言する／公表する should not 返す bondholders, but instead default on the moral 義務 社債s. Chafee and others argued that not 返すing the 社債s could 危険にさらす the 訴訟. 最終的に, 国会議員s 認可するd $12.3 million for the next 支払い（額）.
