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A doctor’s view inside asbestosis scams
- Dr. David Weill calls asbestosis “a pretty serious thing, possibly fatal.” It’s why he’s intensely frustrated that thousands of false asbestosis claims are promoted by unscrupulous class-action plaintiffs lawyers before credulous judges and juries.
Manhattan Institute report finds resurgent asbestos lawsuits racket
- What once was seen as a “magic mineral” has turned into a magic carpet ride for profiteering plaintiffs’ attorneys. That’s the gist of a report released this week by the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy, which takes the class-action plaintiffs’ bar to task for ginning up thousands of false claims of asbestosis while procuring too little assistance for the smaller number of real victims who suffer serious asbestos-related diseases.
- What once was seen as a “magic mineral” has turned into a magic carpet ride for profiteering plaintiffs’ attorneys. That’s the gist of a report released this week by the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy, which takes the class-action plaintiffs’ bar to task for ginning up thousands of false claims of asbestosis while procuring too little assistance for the smaller number of real victims who suffer serious asbestos-related diseases.
Study finds asbestos-suit racket booming again
- What once was seen as a “magic mineral” has turned into a magic carpet ride for profiteering plaintiffs’ attorneys. That’s the gist of a report released this week by the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy, which takes the class-action plaintiffs’ bar to task for ginning up thousands of false claims of asbestosis while procuring too little assistance for the smaller number of real victims who suffer serious asbestos-related diseases.
- What once was seen as a “magic mineral” has turned into a magic carpet ride for profiteering plaintiffs’ attorneys. That’s the gist of a report released this week by the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy, which takes the class-action plaintiffs’ bar to task for ginning up thousands of false claims of asbestosis while procuring too little assistance for the smaller number of real victims who suffer serious asbestos-related diseases.
A doctor’s view inside the class-action scams
- Dr. David Weill calls asbestosis “a pretty serious thing, possibly fatal.” It’s why he’s intensely frustrated that thousands of false asbestosis claims are promoted by unscrupulous class-action plaintiffs’ lawyers before credulous judges and juries.
Quin Hillyer: Court offers towering nonsense on terrorism
- Something is badly wrong with our culture as well as our courts if terrorists can be found less culpable for their acts of terrorism than the owners of the buildings that were terrorized.
Quin Hillyer: Republicans misjudge their own advantages
- As Senate Democrats and Republicans continue their sparring match over judicial nominees, the Democrats seem to understand the politics of the battle far better than the Republicans.
Quin Hillyer: Court should stop California’s patent theft
- A state has no right to steal, use and profit from the lawfully acknowledged intellectual property of a private citizen or group. To claim otherwise in a free society is unthinkable, monstrous and a clear step toward accepting the economic underpinnings of fascism.
Quin Hillyer: Senate Dems ignore Puryear despite Thurgood Marshall praise
- Gus Puryear IV ought to be a shoo-in for a federal district judgeship in Tennessee, but instead he is under attack.
Quin Hillyer: Faith of some is more equal than faith of others
- If Barack Obama had written the key essay in the most recently published issue of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, liberal Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee would be praising it.
Quin Hillyer: Alabama case could nullify state courts
- Beware of court cases that begin when black politicians decide that a black appointee isn’t the right kind to represent a majority-black district.
Strongest lawsuit abuse reform opponents in Senate received the most Milberg Weiss cash
- Hillary Clinton and five other senators who since 1999 opposed every major proposal to curb lawsuit abuse were among the most frequent recipients of campaign contributions from partners at the disgraced class-action firm Milberg Weiss, according to data analyzed by The Examiner.
Weiss pleads guilty; Clinton silent
- Pioneering securities class-action lawyer Melvyn Weiss agreed yesterday to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy in the Justice Department’s prosecution of the New York firm that carried his name for many years.
Democratic rivals mum on firm’s dirty cash
- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has received more campaign money from disgraced lawyers at the controversial Milberg Weiss law firm than any other member of Congress, but she won’t say whether she’ll keep the contributions.
- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has received more campaign money from disgraced lawyers at the controversial Milberg Weiss law firm than any other member of Congress, but she won’t say whether she’ll keep the contributions.