9th Circuit Upholds Sanction Against Attorney For Tobacco Plaintiff

Mealey's (November 27, 2018, 3:10 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The due process rights of an attorney representing a lung cancer sufferer were not violated by a California federal judge who imposed a $1,500 sanction in connection with misconduct by the attorney during a 2016 trial, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 16 (Nikki Pooshs and Gilbert L. Purcell v. Philip Morris USA Inc., et al., No. 16-15429, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 32507)....

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