The email arrived on Christmas Eve, with the above as the subject line. Here it is, with hyperlinks provided by me.

Hello Dave,

I was just searching online for articles about my husband that died at Ruby Tuesdays and I found your article that you wrote on him in July of '08, I just wanted to give you an update on what has been going on since, yes I filed a lawsuit, and I won my lawsuit Dec 19 2009.

Sincerely,
Mrs Hawkins

Apropos of Dan's post, let us note that at least one American spent this past Christmas Eve Googling news stories about her dead husband. Here's hoping the settlement money helps provide some diversion from the grief that'll never go away.