Following an unusual series of pretrial developments, a confidential settlement was reached for a South Georgia lawsuit against USA Gymnastics that will affect other such suits around the country, plaintiffs attorney Brian Cornwell told the Daily Report Friday.

Cornwell, of Cornwell & Stevens in Savannah, represented a former gymnast identified only as Jane Doe in an action against the Indianapolis-based national governing body for Olympic gymnastics and an ex-coach, William McCabe, who is now serving a 30-year sentence in a Fort Dix, New Jersey, federal prison for child sexual abuse in connection with another case.

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