Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

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April 12th, 2005 at 10:58 am

Batch of reader letters

We’ve just added four more entries to our stack of reader correspondence, which constitutes its own page with a blog-like format. Among topics this time are high-speed cop chases; a reader asks equal time to bash defense lawyers; step right up and grab your class action prizes, advises a garish GoogleAd; and a family’s pipe and valve distribution business gets caught in the asbestos-litigation snare.

In asbestos; chasing clients; class actions; crime and punishment; product liability

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