When a federal jury returned a verdict against two Mississippi plaintiffs lawyers, finding they had committed fraud against Illinois Central Railroad, it was the culmination of the railroad’s seven-year battle against abusive asbestos claims. It also may have been the first civil trial in which attorneys were nailed for fraud in bringing these claims: The jury found the attorneys lied when they denied knowing their clients had previously settled asbestos claims that should have barred them from filing against the railroad.

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Jury Finds Plaintiffs Lawyers Defrauded Railroad in Asbestos Suit

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