One has to question the motives of the plaintives in this one, imho; since they are so willing to forgive the perp who actually caused their brother's death, directly. Yet, they are not ready to forgive the innocent defendants in the lawsuit (it ain't often that I support corporations, but in this case...), who couldn't possibly have second guessed the actual incident, or the participants actions of it.
They, the family, even went so far as to allow the offender to scatter the victims ashes... no doubt they knew their brother well enough to understand that their unusual actions in allowing this 'memorial' event to take place as it did would have been sanctioned by him. But, if their forgiveness can extend to the felon, who started this ball rolling, why can't they forgive the Starbucks corporation also? Could it be that Starbucks have decidedly more in the kitty than the felon?