By Caroline McDonald, assistant managing editor, NU's Property & Casualty weekly newsmagazine

Public sector entities are seeing more lawsuits over issues such as school violence, police brutality and global warming as the financial crisis deepens and plaintiffs look for deep pockets, experts advised.

Their comments came yesterday during the Public Risk Management Assn.'s annual conference in Dallas at a session titled "National Trends and Emerging Claims Issues in the Public Sector."

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