Asbestos Fraudsters Will Pay $7.3 Million to Settle CSX Transportation’s RICO Case against Them
ATRA Cites Settlement, Coming Garlock Revelations in Urging New Congress, State Legislatures to Pass Asbestos Claims Transparency Laws
Points of LightRemaining Defendants in RICO Suit Settle with Feld Entertainment for $15.75 Million
The remaining defendants in Feld Entertainment’s RICO lawsuit have settled for $15.75 million a case that stemmed from their original lawsuit that fraudulently accused Feld’s Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus of abusing its elephants. Here’s a Feld news release
UncategorizedUsing RICO to Punish, Deter Plaintiffs’ Lawyer-Driven Fraud on Our Courts
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this morning published American Tort Reform Association president Tiger Joyce’s op-ed, holding up the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act as a means to discourage plaintiffs’ lawyers from promulgating fraudulent lawsuits
UncategorizedJudge Orders Asbestos Fraudsters to Pay Triple Damages in Landmark RICO Case
A federal judge in West Virginia has ordered two Pittsburgh-based personal injury lawyers and a discredited radiologist to pay triple damages, or roughly $1.3 million, in a landmark case that found them liable for concocting fraudulent asbestos lawsuits
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