Embattled Law Firm Withdraws From Cruise Injury Cases

Lawyer Jay Wingate agreed Thursday to drop out of 77 shipboard injury cases after Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines claimed his firm paid a cruise employee for inside information, including the amount of money the cruise operator was willing to pay to settle cases. Wingate vigorously denied the claims at a hearing and said dropping out of the cases was not an admission of wrongdoing. But the convoluted legal saga has not ended with Wingate's withdrawal from the cases.

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