Court strikes down asbestos accord

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The US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit rejected the $1.3 mil settlement of claims by all present and future personal injury and wrongful death victims against 20 asbestos companies in Georgine v. Amchen Products, Inc. by decertifying the class action. The plaintiffs must now bring each action separately, thereby causing more court congestion and delay. Most of the damages will go to transaction costs and legal fees.

Compromise and settlement, Settlements (Law), Product liability, Products liability, Asbestos

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It may take a village... or a specialized court to address family problems

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Many states have realized the lack of family-friendliness of the US family court system and have instituted unified family courts, which consolidate divisions solving family problems into one operation. These courts work together with social service agencies. The ABA has backed the concept, and Rhode Island was the first state to adopt such a court in 1961. The major obstacle to such a system seems to be financial.

Management, Family courts, states

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The plot thickens for murder suspect: N.J. court upholds seizure of unpublished fiction to establish motive in assault, killing of nurse

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A New Jersey appeals court upheld the seizure of a murder suspect's unpublished writings and diaries. The court indicated that the material establishes motive and state of mind, meeting the requirements for a search warrant. Courts are inconsistent in their rulings regarding the admittance of private writings as evidence.

New Jersey, Evidence (Law), Testimony, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Murder, Diaries, Manuscripts

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