Tobacco attorneys say they are stunned, seek hearing
Jump to full article: Dallas Morning News, 1999-01-13
Author: Mark Curriden / The Dallas Morning News
Intro: New Texas Attorney General John Cornyn said Tuesday that he is investigating the trial lawyers who won $17.3 billion for the state in the historic tobacco case last year for possible criminal wrongdoing and unethical conduct.
Mr. Cornyn has indicated to colleagues that he may seek the return of almost one-third of the $3.3 billion the five prominent plaintiffs' lawyers were awarded last month by a tobacco industry-funded arbitration panel, according to people close to the litigation and Mr. Cornyn.
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I intend to investigate the facts surrounding the tobacco litigation to
determine if civil or criminal wrongdoing has been committed.
New Texas Attorney General John Cornyn. Quoted in <i>CORNYN investigating trial lawyers</i
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