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Personal Injury & Torts

May 12, 2000

Judge Dismisses Malpractice Suit By Leak Victims

A San Francisco judge has dismissed a malpractice suit against attorneys who brokered an $80 million settlement in a toxic tort class action.


By Tyler Cunningham
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        A San Francisco judge has dismissed a malpractice suit against attorneys who brokered an $80 million settlement in a toxic tort class action.
        Two victims of a toxic leak claimed that attorneys from San Francisco's Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein tried to line their own pockets ...

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