Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. CMG 1.6% has finally put to rest more than 100 claims related to its 2015 food safety issues. Late last week, the company agreed to financial settlements with customers who became ill after eating Chipotle food during several food safety outbreaks in the last year.

The terms of the out-of-court settlements are confidential, and Chipotle is hoping that avoiding a drawn-out court battle will allow the restaurant to move past the food health headlines that have plagued the company in the past year.

Chipotle’s sales were hit hard by the negative headlines, and revenues plummeted in Q4 of 2015 and Q1 of 2016. While revenue ticked back up in Q2, Chipotle’s stock hasn’t yet regained its traction.

Despite a recent boost from news that billionaire investor Bill Ackman has taken a sizable 9.9 percent of the company, Chipotle remains down 16.1 percent in the past six months.

Although the latest settlements are an important step in putting the disastrous outbreaks in the past, Chipotle isn’t nearly out…

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