Does class actioneer Stephen Tillery really want to call renewed public attention to his settlement with Sears, in which the settling lawyers made out so well ($17 million) given the somewhat elusive benefits to the class of consumers? (Madison County Record, Jul. 30, and editorial, Aug. 2). Our earlier coverage of the case appeared Jan. 31.
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The judge-shopping condoned in this case (by using multiple plaintiffs with the same lawyer to use their individual strikes-without-cause) is really unbelievable. (Madison County changed its rule in 2006 over the objection of trial lawyers.)