Kentucky's highest court suspended three attorneys Thursday over questions about how they divided a $200 million settlement over the fen-phen diet drug. The ruling by the state Supreme Court came after a lower court found that the attorneys breached their duty to about 440 clients they represented against drugmaker Wyeth. "This is a case of absolute, unbridled greed," Linda Gosnell, chief counsel for the Kentucky Bar Association, told the court in arguments last week.
August 25, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Kentucky’s highest court suspended three attorneys Thursday over questions about how they divided a $200 million settlement over the fen-phen diet drug.
The ruling by the Kentucky Supreme Court came after a lower court judge found that the Lexington, Ky., attorneys breached their duty to about 440 clients they represented against drugmaker Wyeth.
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