Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation
Dec. 28, 2022
Hanson Bridgett says air quality lawyer coached witness
Attorneys representing Baker Commodities said that the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s inspector looked at his computer screen “no less than 465 times” during a cross-examination. “We asked to have the chat admitted as evidence, which the board refused,” said Alene Marie Taber, counsel with Hanson Bridgett.
Attorneys challenging a South Coast Air Quality Management District order shutting down a rendering plant in Vernon over bad odors are crying foul, claiming that the hearing board allowed testimony in which the inspector actively conferred with the agency’s prosecutor in September.
In a complaint filed Oct. 5 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Hanson Bridgett LLP attorneys representing Baker Commodities Inc. said that the air pollution ...
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