My first link to the ABA: JUDGE SLAMS LAW FIRM IN SILICOSIS CASE.
A Texas federal judge has issued a blistering 249-page order and sanctioned a high-profile plaintiffs law firm, accusing the plaintiffs bar of manufacturing a "phantom epidemic" of the lung disease silicosis.
And at least one legal expert suggests a similar finding might come if courts look closely at recent absestosis litigation.
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"Despite diagnosing a serious and completely preventable disease at unprecedented rates, not a single doctor even bothered to lift a telephone and notify any governmental agency, union, employer, hospital or even media outlet, all of whom conceivably could have taken steps to ensure recognition of currently undiagnosed silicosis cases and to prevent future cases from developing," [Federal Judge] Jack wrote.Jack suggested the reason for the discrepancy was that "these diagnoses were about litigation rather than health care."
Don’t go crazy, a lot of the cases cited here were just sent back to state courts, but I think this is a good sign.
via InstaPundit
