Plead out? lol. This isn't a criminal case. You have been watching too much TV, Ace.
I'm sure John and Jane Does 1-10 will have an opportunity to 'plead out'. You may be right, the process may not go very far.
We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth... For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst; and to provide for it. --Patrick Henry, Patriot and Hero of the American Revolution