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Best of 2006: August

Wal-Mart lawn mower suit: newspaper reporter parrots plaintiff’s attorney’s implausible tale without fact-checking The Kessler RICO ruling on tobacco NJ court: no warning that one might fall out of loft bed required $18 million “sudden acceleration” verdict in South Carolina Another way lawyers hurt safety ADA frequent filer forgets who he’s suing Lawyers fake evidence […]

  • Wal-Mart lawn mower suit: newspaper reporter parrots plaintiff’s attorney’s implausible tale without fact-checking
  • The Kessler RICO ruling on tobacco
  • NJ court: no warning that one might fall out of loft bed required
  • $18 million “sudden acceleration” verdict in South Carolina
  • Another way lawyers hurt safety
  • ADA frequent filer forgets who he’s suing
  • Lawyers fake evidence in $2B suit, still practice today
  • The return of the spilled-coffee tort—or is it?
  • Trial lawyer wikiality

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  • December 30, 2006
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