I am happy to admit that I could be wrong here as I'm a true layperson. But I get the impression that his legal team bet the house on getting the case dismissed, my reading of it is that he admitted that he COULD have been a defendant in the original civil trial therefore he cannot be sued in a civil case now. Now and again IANAL but that sounds to my un-trained ear as an admission of guilt.
I am happy to admit that I could be wrong here as I'm a true layperson. But I get the impression that his legal team bet the house on getting the case dismissed, my reading of it is that he admitted that he COULD have been a defendant in the original civil trial therefore he cannot be sued in a civil case now. Now and again IANAL but that sounds to my un-trained ear as an admission of guilt.