Trial Looms as Stallones Talk Possible Settlement : Settle, people . . . A bumpy ride. . . Bang! Whaddya say? . . . The thin pink line.

Whole lotta settling going on these days: Katzenberg vs. Disney--gone! Garry Shandling vs. Brad Grey--gone!

Which brings us to the long-running dispute between the brothers Stallone, Sylvester and Frank, and another set of sibs, independent film producers Alan and Diane Mehrez.

And that one is slowly and painfully going . . . going . . . but not yet gone.

As Monday’s trial date looms, attorneys for both sides have holed up for three days trying to make the case go away. They burned the midnight oil. Still, despite the marathon negotiations, there’s no official word of a resolution.

The dispute involves the Stallones’ roles in a never-released film called “The Good Life,” which is about a couple of hit men who play golf. Frank Stallone had a part in the film, and Sylvester agreed to help out his brother with a six-minute monologue.

Sylvester later accused the producers in a $20-million lawsuit of exploiting his star power by hyping the cameo as a starring role.

Frank alleged in his own multimillion-dollar claim that the Mehrezes and their companies, FM Entertainment and DEM Productions, failed to pay him or give him a dressing room, transportation or consultation rights.

Emotions run hard and deep in a case in which the Mehrezes countersued the Stallones for $50 million, accusing them of acting like gangsters by resorting to death threats, extortion and other heavy-handed tactics to try to seize control of the film and run them out of Hollywood.

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WILD RIDE: An Orange County woman has settled her lawsuit against Universal Studios over injuries she received on the Jurassic Park ride, her lawyer said.

Attorney Kirk F. Lapple said the settlement came on the eve of jury selection for a trial in Superior Court in Glendale. Under terms of the agreement, financial details were not disclosed.

Lapple said his client, Leona Lis, suffered chest injuries on June 23, 1997, when she was slammed against an improperly secured safety restraint during the ride’s final, 80-foot splashdown.

Lapple said the ride plummets at 60 mph and abruptly slows when it hits a pool of water.

“When the boat slowed down, she didn’t, and when she hit the bar, there was inadequate padding,” the lawyer said.

The ride’s safety bars have since been heavily padded, he added.

A lawyer for Universal could not be reached.

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HUH? A sound technician on the set of Eddie Murphy’s latest film, “Bowfinger,” is suing the actor and his production company over work-related hearing loss.

Martin Bolger alleges in his Los Angeles Superior Court suit that Murphy was reckless when he unexpectedly fired blanks during a rehearsal. The suit says Murphy was supposed to fire only three shots but popped off more, allegedly in an “unprovoked act of physical aggression.”

Bolger’s suit contends that he was caught by surprise and was not wearing his protective earphones. He said he suffered “acoustic trauma” as a result. Nothing but silence from Murphy now.

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NO PINK AT PINKERTON’S? A former female executive is suing Pinkerton’s Inc., claiming sexual discrimination and wage law violations. Julia Cage says in her Los Angeles Superior Court suit that the macho culture at the security agency made her so miserable that she suffered a breakdown. Then, while still disabled, she was fired, Cage alleges.

The suit says most of Cage’s colleagues were “males from a military and/or police background with a macho attitude, and were highly resistant to change and to taking orders or even suggestions from a woman.”

According to Cage, here’s a glimpse of life inside Pinkerton’s “companywide culture of sexual harassment”: A vice president allegedly “tried to hit on her.” Male and female guards wore uniforms of the same cut. Cage was excluded from some meetings and, at the ones she did attend, “there were sexual jokes, referrals to female body parts and open discussions about supposed sexual escapades. Heavy drinking was the norm.”

A Pinkerton’s spokesperson couldn’t be reached.