For years, confidential settlements have been the norm in sexual abuse cases.

He first told the diocese about the abuse in 1993 and received a confidential $150,000 settlement the following year.

The two parties reached a confidential settlement in January 2008.

The two companies came to a confidential settlement in 2006 after Behringer changed their designs.

The case was thereafter resolved in a confidential out-of-court settlement.

But the couple negotiated a confidential settlement before a judge could issue an opinion.

The two sides came to a confidential settlement in 2009.

Early in January 2012, a federal appeals court ended the lawsuit with the families of the victims reaching a confidential settlement from the company.

And since many such cases end in confidential out-of-court settlements, it is impossible to say what the highest damage award has been.

Early this year, she said, she reached a confidential settlement with the insurer.