News from the most litigation-famed county in Mississippi (see May 7; May 4-6, 2001): “The FBI is investigating huge jury verdicts in Jefferson County and several of the trial lawyers who have been involved with them, according to sources close to the investigation.” Last year, when a local resident interviewed by CBS Minutes suggested that jurors profit “under the table” from some of the huge verdicts, Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association official David Baria called for a criminal investigation; now that he’s got one, however, he’s not so happy about it, calling the FBI probe “a concerted effort to demonize lawyers and judges” as well as politically motivated. (Jerry Mitchell, “Verdicts, lawyers under FBI scrutiny”, Jackson Clarion-Ledger, Jun. 22).
FBI probing Jefferson County verdicts
News from the most litigation-famed county in Mississippi (see May 7; May 4-6, 2001): “The FBI is investigating huge jury verdicts in Jefferson County and several of the trial lawyers who have been involved with them, according to sources close to the investigation.” Last year, when a local resident interviewed by CBS Minutes suggested that […]
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