An Ohio judge upbraided Brayton Purcell and one of its partners Thursday, finding they lied to the court, submitted fraudulent asbestos claim forms and broke other rules. The ruling offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes of a heated discovery fight, one that portrays the plaintiffs firm and partner Christopher Andreas as sloppy and deceitful in their representation of the estate of a man who died from a cancer caused by asbestos exposure -- a case that became a cause celebre for toxic tort defense lawyers.
January 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
An Ohio state court judge upbraided the Brayton Purcell law firm in Novato, Calif., and one of its partners Thursday, finding that they lied to the court, submitted fraudulent asbestos claim forms and broke other rules.
As a result, the judge said in a published ruling that they had forfeited pro hac vice privileges to practice law in the asbestos litigation hotbed of Ohio’s Cuyahoga County.
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