Plaintiff attorneys are employing multiple strategies to initiate more lawsuits, drive up litigation expenses and settlements, and secure higher verdicts.
'If you don't have the authorized treating physician's report releasing the person to full duty, then it's like a crapshoot,' Presiding Judge M. Yvette Miller said.
A recent bankruptcy case offers a cautionary tale to asbestos defendants who are watching their insurance assets dwindle as claims continue to be filed.