A telephone listing for Cook could not be located. His father, Everett Cook, said Chad declined comment because he doesn’t want to jeopardize the settlement with the insurance carrier.

“A condition of settlement was a pretty hefty confidentiality agreement,” said Marron, Cook’s attorney. “I’ve really discouraged him from talking to the media because he has a lot to lose.”

Indianapolis attorney Jon Abernathy, who represented Allstate in the lawsuit, did not return messages seeking comment.

Marron said the Cooks still do not live in the home. The residence was rented out until recently — with the renter’s full knowledge of the spider problem — but the Cooks are trying to sell the home.

“The house has been treated continuously,” Marron said earlier this week. “There are still brown recluse spiders in the house, but the numbers are way down. Yes, they’re scary and children shouldn’t be around them, but they’re not that uncommon in Indiana.”