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Proposal for Splitting Money in Rhode Island Club Fire Case
East News • January 12, 2009
A law school professor has submitted a plan for distributing $176 million in settlement money among the more than 300 people who sued after a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 ...
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| RE: RE: RE: RE: law suit bonanza | Stuart Smalley | Jan 12, 2009, 5:12 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: law suit bonanza | Sick | Jan 12, 2009, 1:42 pm |
| RE: RE: law suit bonanza | Not PC | Jan 12, 2009, 12:53 pm |
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| law suit bonanza | matt | Jan 12, 2009, 11:32 am |
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Subject: law suit bonanza
And so we have yet another example of how lawyers can turn a horrible tragic accident into a law suit bonanza worth tens of millions in legal fees.
Think about the Ford settlement a few months ago-- the lawyers got tens of millions, and the actual victims got coupons with short expirations for a few hundred dollars off of the purchase of a new vehicle.
Since when did Indemnify The Victims become Pay The Lawyers?
I wonder if the law school professor started off his plan with the line ($176,000,000 - $##,000,000 [legal fees])...