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The deadline for the April 16 victims' families who were offered the chance to take a settlement in exchange for waiving their rights to sue has been extended from its original date of March 31.
The new date by which the families must respond to the offer is April 7.
"The families have been given one more week to indicate their willingness to accept the proposed settlement offer," said an anonymous source associated with the proposal.
An attorney associated with the negotiations also suspected that the deadline for families to accept might be pushed back even further if necessary.
The settlement itself includes giving $100,000 to each of the 32 families of those killed and up to $100,000 to everyone who was injured.
If enough families accept the proposal by the current April 7 deadline, lawsuits for gross negligence, which at least 20 families have talked of filing by the April 16 cut-off date, will be avoided.
Both sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because the settlement negotiations are still confidential.
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