Of all the local rules in Philadelphia's federal court, perhaps the one most often ignored or flagrantly violated is one that prohibits plaintiffs' lawyers from including specific dollar amount in the ad damnum clauses of their lawsuits when seeking unliquidated damages. A team of defense lawyers representing the American Red Cross is pressing a federal judge to enforce the rule in a lawsuit brought by a hemophiliac that seeks $153 million to compensate him for contracting hepatitis C from tainted blood.
October 07, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Of all the local rules in Philadelphia’s federal court, perhaps the one most often ignored or flagrantly violated is Local Rule 5.1.1, which prohibits plaintiffs’ lawyers from including any specific dollar amount in the ad damnum clauses of their lawsuits when seeking unliquidated damages.
Defense lawyers often ignore violations or at least choose not to file a formal motion.
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