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88 Tul. L. Rev. 1071 (2013-2014)
Fraud and Abuse in Mesothelioma Litigation

handle is hein.journals/tulr88 and id is 1151 raw text is: Fraud and Abuse in Mesothelioma Litigation Lester Brickman* I. NTRODUCTION..................................... 1072 H. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MODEL OF NONMALIGNANT CASE GENERATION ............................. .....1090 111. THE DUAL COMPENSArfON SYSTEM IN MALIGNANT LITIGATION........................................1096 A. Plaintiffs' Counsels Control over the Formation and Opeiadon ofBankuptcy Trusts........... .....1097 B. TDP Provisions Designed To Preclude Defendants' Access to Evidence of Other Exposures ............... 1099 C Rule 2019 Statements ................ ............. 1107 D Master Ballots. ...................... ..... 1110 E The Kananian Case........................1112 E Other Examples ofSuppression ofEvidence of Exposures to the Products ofReorganized Companies ........................ ..... 1115 1. Lies, Damned Lies, and Discovery Responses ......1116 2. Delaying Filing of Trust Claims ........ ........1117 3. The Strategy Behind Delayed Production of Trust Claim Filings.....................1118 4. Specious Explanations for Failure To Disclose......1119 5. Montgomery v American Steel & Wire Corp........1121 G. The Results of Garlock m Lhnited Discovery.................. 1122 1H The Extent ofSuppression ofExposure Evidence......... 1125 I The Effect ofInconsistent Trust Clahns on Payments to Trust Claimants.......... .............. 1126 J The Source of the Scheme To Suppress Evidence of Exposure to the Products ofReorganized Companies ........................ ..... 1127 K The Philadelphia Story.... .................1 129 IV THE STATUS OF MESOTHELIOMA LITIGATION AND THE CONFLICTING ROLES OF REFERRAL COUNSEL AND TRIAL COUNSEL .................................... .....1 131 * 0 2014 Lester Brickman. Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University. I would like to acknowledge the invaluable assistance of my research assistants: Greg Brown, Chris Ilardi, and Kayla Robinson. 1071

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