Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1995
ISSN
0010-8847
Publisher
Cornell Law School
Language
en-US
Abstract
This Article tells the story of Gerogine v. Amchem Products, Inc., a class action involving asbestos-related personal injury claims. Georgine was filed in federal district court on January 15, 1993. On the same day, class counsel and the lawyers for the defendants filed a proposed settlement with the court. The court authorized notice to the class, allowed a period for opt-outs, recognized objectors to the settlement, ordered discovery proceedings, held a fairness hearing, and, in August 1994, approved the settlement. The objectors to the settlement retained me to testify as an expert witness on the ethics of class counsel.
Recommended Citation
Susan P. Koniak,
Feasting While the Widow Weeps: Georgine v. Amchen Products
,
in
80
Cornell Law Review
1045
(1995).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/2240
