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Appellate Practice

Sep. 9, 1998

To Sanction L.A. Lawyer, 9th Circuit Tosses Claim

SAN FRANCISCO - A divided federal appeals court has sanctioned a Los Angeles lawyer by dismissing his client's job-injury claim as punishment for the attorney's "almost total failure" to comply with pretrial orders while he focused on a bigger case.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A divided federal appeals court has sanctioned a Los Angeles lawyer by dismissing his client's job-injury claim as punishment for the attorney's "almost total failure" to comply with pretrial orders while he focused on a bigger case.
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