Torts/Personal Injury
Jun. 7, 2024
Judge voices concern over law firm's overstretched capacity and potential case dumping
U.S. District Judge Vince G. Chhabria received a call from a plaintiff in the Roundup litigation who said that she had refused a settlement offer and that her attorney told her she could no longer afford to represent her.
The federal judge in San Francisco heading the multidistrict litigation against agricultural giant Monsanto, maker of the allegedly carcinogenic weedkiller Roundup, expressed his concern that a plaintiff firm was overstretched and taking on more cases than it could handle.
"I think this is probably a common issue in these MDLs and it's a little bit disturbing," U.S. District Judge Vince G. Chhabria told Kristy M. Arevalo of McCune Law Group during Thursday's hear...
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