It’s not clear what the FBI is looking for, but after a couple of $100 million+ verdicts against pharmaceutical companies in southwest Mississippi, there’s been a lot of collateral litigation that sounds like it’s from a John Grisham novel: former jurors filed suit against CBS for their coverage of the case (see Dec. 16-17, 2002), a half-dozen former plaintiffs have sued their lawyer, and three people claiming they were “runners” have alleged in litigation that they haven’t been paid promised referral fees (see May 7). Pharmacies, brought into the products liability cases as defendants to defeat federal diversity jurisdiction, are being subpoenaed regarding forged prescription records. (Matt Volz, AP, Oct. 3).
UPDATE: “FBI Probes Big Jury Awards in Mississippi”
It’s not clear what the FBI is looking for, but after a couple of $100 million+ verdicts against pharmaceutical companies in southwest Mississippi, there’s been a lot of collateral litigation that sounds like it’s from a John Grisham novel: former jurors filed suit against CBS for their coverage of the case (see Dec. 16-17, 2002), […]
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