December 5, 2006

The Wall Street Journal's Kimberly Strassel has a big article today on the tangle of lawyer deceit exposed when one defendant obtained court permission to delve into the (multiple, inconsistent) earlier claims brought on behalf of a single mesothelioma claimant, Harry Kananian. And over the weekend lawprof Lester Brickman, in the Journal's "Rule of Law" column (sub-only), tackled the problem of fraudulent health screening intended to generate compensable diagnoses, which has been important not only in the asbestos mess but also in fen-phen and other mass tort areas.