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Litigation

Jun. 25, 2011

Judge Spurs on Stalled Genocide Settlement

A federal judge ordered lawyers involved in a class action settlement related to the Armenian genocide to submit a plan to distribute $2.8 million from a fund that has been subject to several delays.


By Gabe Friedman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A federal judge ordered lawyers involved in a class-action settlement related to the Armenian genocide to submit a plan to distribute $2.8 million from a fund that has been subject to several delays.


In the case, descendants of the victims of the genocide sued the French insurance company AXA S.A. for failing to pay out their ancestors' life insurance policy benefits.


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