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Apr. 11, 2001

Master Must Repay $200,000

SAN FRANCISCO - A Palo Alto lawyer who was "blinded by greed" has been ordered by a federal judge to repay roughly $200,000 of the $5.2 million he received as a special master in a failed effort to recover medical benefits for retired Union City steelworkers.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer

        SAN FRANCISCO - A Palo Alto lawyer who was "blinded by greed" has been ordered by a federal judge to repay roughly $200,000 of the $5.2 million he received as a special master in a failed effort to recover medical benefits for retired Union City steelworkers.
        Attorney Bruce Train "became so blinded by...

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