Hallmark's Settlement With the City of Kansas City

Hallmark agreed to a $20 million group settlement in state court, which included many of Robert Gordon's federal plaintiffs. As part of the deal, Hallmark paid the punitive damages but denied all legal liability. The judge praised Hallmark for making such a deal. Some of those present that night started collecting $1,000 checks in a Kansas City insurance office today. Those people must swear they were in the Hyatt, but might have been accident and agreed to drop all future claims against the hotel.