Federal judges sanctioned two Florida law firms nearly $9.2 million for filing baseless tobacco lawsuits, calling it “unprofessional conduct committed on such a grand scale.”
Jacksonville firms Farah & Farah and the Wilner Firm were scolded Wednesday by four judges for filing more than 1,000 frivolous Engle-progeny smoker litigation cases, some on behalf of people who never smoked. The judges also directed the Florida Bar to investigate the firm’s leaders, Charlie “Chuck” Farah and Norwood “Woody” Wilner.
