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Civil Litigation

Jun. 10, 2019

Dissenting attorney battles with other plaintiffs' lawyers in fire litigation

In what a judge referred to as “dirt-throwing” between plaintiff attorneys in the Woolsey Fire litigation over proposed leadership structure last week continues to heat up. Plaintiff attorneys in the Woolsey Fire litigation are attacking each other in recent filings over the proposed leadership structure, accusing each other of conflict of interest and derailing proceedings.

LOS ANGELES -- A battle over the proposed leadership of plaintiffs' lawyers in the Woolsey Fire litigation is heating up.

For weeks, Gerald Singleton of Singleton Law Firm in San Diego has claimed the proposed leadership was not needed. Southern California Fires, JCCP 5000. The structure gives "Draconian-power" to one group, which would delay discovery and the setting of trial dates, he argued. Instead, plaintiff attorneys should be...

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