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• $156,000,000 Verdict Against Terrorists Thrown Out

  Seth Miles | December 31, 2007 12:43 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  The United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit overturned a $156,000,000 verdict against the terrorist organization, Hamas. The case stemmed from David Boim, a 17-year-old student, being gunned down in 1996 while waiting with other students at a bus stop in Beit El, on the West Bank. The Court said that the judge in the case had failed to require the parents to properly show a link...

• "Judicial Hellholes"

  Seth Miles | December 18, 2007 1:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Today the American Tort Reform Association ("ATRA") released its list of the top ten "judicial hellholes." South Florida topped the list. News outlets across the country picked up the press release and largely ran it unfiltered. So what was left out?How about a list of some of the members of ATRA? Included in this illustrious list of members are large pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and...