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California Courts of Appeal

Apr. 3, 2015

Plaintiffs' firms cleared of fraud in $100 million earthquake settlement

Three prominent Los Angeles plaintiffs' firms are off the hook on claims they withheld millions from clients following a $100 million Northridge earthquake settlement, a state appellate panel held Wednesday.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Three prominent Los Angeles plaintiffs' firms are off the hook on claims they withheld millions from clients following a $100 million Northridge earthquake settlement, a state appellate panel held Wednesday. The former clients, now plaintiffs alleging fraud, waited too long to file their suit against Girardi & Keese; Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack and Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP, a 2nd District...

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