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I don't profess to know anything about Canadian law, so I have no clue what the burden of proof is in civil cases there. But if the Colorado court had agreed that it had jurisdiction over the suit, Moore would have an excellent chance of winning the case, although how much damages would be actually awarded I couldn't know. With Bertuzzi's guilty plea in the criminal case, Moore's lawyer would only have show that the crime possibly could have caused the damages, and losses, suffered by his client.
And as I said before, IMHO, while I don't agree with the timing of the suit, or the amount of money in question, I fully believe Moore deserves compensation for his loss, just as any worker injured by the neglegence of a coworker does.
And as a side note, for anyone judging Steve Moore's worth solely on how good of a hockey player he is: Shame on you. Dislike him, hate him even, for any number of reasons you can think of, but don't believe he has any less worth as a human being than anyone else on the ice, or anywhere else for that matter.
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