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After eight long weeks, the trial of Gallion and Cunningham ended in a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury. Their partner, Melbourne Mills, was acquitted before the jury became stuck on the charges against the former two. All three attorneys were accused of stealing $65 million dollars from the $200 million dollar lawsuit filed by […]

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The Fen-phen trial, in which three attorneys who represented Fen-phen users are on trial for looting a $200 million settlement, remains undecided after its second day of jury deliberation.  The trio of lawyers has been accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.  If found guilty, each defendant faces up to 20 years in prison and […]

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In the final stages of the trial, the lawyer-defendants involved in the Fen-phen trial called an adverse witness, class action guru Stanley Chesley, to testify on their behalf.   This move appears as a last ditch effort for the lawyer-defendants who lack experts willing to testify in their favor.
Chesley testified that he had been hired by […]

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After taking a diet drug, Fen-phen, for a short period of time, long ago, Carolyn W. forgot all about it.  As a flight attendant, inactivity on long plane rides occurred frequently.  Weight gain was a side effect of the job and Carolyn heard about a simple solution from a coworker.  After taking the drugs for […]

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In the recent trial of three prominent lawyers accused of taking $65 million from their clients’ lawsuit against makers of the diet drug Fen-phen, the defendant Melbourne Mills Jr. was recently hospitalized, delaying the trial.  In addition to the financial theft from their clients’ $200 million settlement, each of the lawyers is also accused of […]

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