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Insurers to Pay $2.8M in New Jersey Strip-Search Settlement

East News • July 13, 2009
A southern New Jersey county has approved a $4 million settlement that could end a class-action lawsuit over strip searches done at its jail. The suit claimed unnecessary strip searches were ...

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Subject: Can't win for losing

Posted On: July 13, 2009, 12:39 pm CDT
Posted By: Claimshoncho
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"The county will pay about $1.2 million of the settlement, with insurance companies covering the remainder."....and about 40% to 50% of the total going to the lawyers, with the plaintiffs getting about a buck each after that. Class actions are a lawyer's game. We all know they're not the great humanitarians they'd like everyone to believe they are. And on top of that, the insurers probably got ripped off by the defense lawyers who double bill and train their associates at our expense. Can't win for losing.
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RE: Strip Search Settlement Astro
Jul 15, 2009, 11:49 am
Strip Search Settlement Donna C.
Jul 14, 2009, 2:27 pm
Wait a Minute!! Barbie
Jul 14, 2009, 7:00 am
RE: Wait a Minute!! Ken
Jul 13, 2009, 3:31 pm
Wait a Minute!! Barbie
Jul 13, 2009, 3:18 pm
RE: Not Far Enough frankie
Jul 13, 2009, 1:17 pm
Not Far Enough Dread
Jul 13, 2009, 12:39 pm
Can't win for losing Claimshoncho
Jul 13, 2009, 12:39 pm
ah, the freedoms of a state controlled by Democrats bare
Jul 13, 2009, 12:38 pm
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