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126 <br />1 that time frame could all the parties reach a <br />2 settlement on this? <br />3 MR. ABBOTT: No. <br />4 MR. CATTANY: Well, let the parties <br />5 talk. <br />6 MR. ANDERSON: I think settlement is <br />7 unlikely. Very early on we raised the issue of <br />8 settlement and we're miles and miles apart, and I <br />9 really -- you know, until -- I just -- the gap is <br />10 unbridgeable. It's such a huge difference that I <br />11 just don't see a negotiation in the next month. <br />12 More than happy to have a conversation, but <br />13 realistically I think it's unlikely. <br />14 MR. JANOSEC: I think with that said, if <br />15 one party feels that way, there's no way. Mr. <br />16 Morris, would you like to comment to that? <br />17 MR. MORRIS: Well, we have proposed one <br />18 formulation of settlement4 and as Mr. Anderson has <br />19 explained, the company has turned it down. <br />20 A plaintiff is always in the situation <br />21 in a posture of wanting to discuss reasonable <br />22 proposals for settlement and then to make them <br />23 themselves. The Tatums have actually proposed <br />24 alternatives to Basin -- alternative forms of <br />25 settlement, but it just doesn't seem, quite <br />