Law Firm Hit With $429,000 Verdict Over Faked Asbestos Suits

Forbes ^ | 12/21/12 | Daniel Fisher

[AtlasStalled]

A West Virginia jury found two members of a Pittsburgh law firm liable of civil racketeering for conspiring with a radiologist to fabricate evidence in asbestos lawsuits against railroad operator CSX.

[beef]

That is not enought to make them think twice. Without professional sanctions against the lawyers and the doctor, it’s just a business expense.

[Safetgiver]

The ONLY way to determine asbestosis is at the autopsy.

[Bobalu]

Asbestos suits

[Night Hides Not]

That is not enought to make them think twice. Without professional sanctions against the lawyers and the doctor, it’s just a business expense.

+1, FRiend. I'd like to extend that thought to Wall Street, where criminal fraud judgments have been limited to fines. You won't change behavior if you treat it like a traffic ticket.

[George from New England]

Unexpected again !

Not!

[fella]

A very small tip of a huge iceburg.

[Tijeras_Slim]

That’s what I thought too, and “Boy, that would smart.”

[manic4organic]

I see a TV ad from some shyster law firm talking about asbestos and you can tell they added a quiet woman’s voice at the beginning saying “Hey, smokers!”

[AtlasStalled]

Haha . . . those suits crack me up. Curtis Sliwa on his WABC talk show is always talking about sending his enemies to H*ll without an asbestos suit.

[jmaroneps37]

It took three years but they finally jailed the two biggest crooked lawyers in my town. They bribed court officers and pushed honest people to the end of the line.