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Product Liability

Sep. 30, 2000

ADR Confidential

^^OPINION^^ By Lee Jay Berman The front page of a recent Los Angeles Times carried a horrifying headline affecting mediators and litigators everywhere. It was titled, "Tire Recall Fuels Drive to Bar Secret Settlements."

By Lee Jay Berman
        The front page of a recent Los Angeles Times carried a horrifying headline affecting mediators and litigators everywhere. It was titled, "Tire Recall Fuels Drive to Bar Secret Settlements."
        The article quoted "consumer advocates" who claimed that "secret settlements" of product liability suits threaten innocent people. It went...

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