Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Insurance Law Blogs -> Kentucky Tort Journal

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Insurance Law

: Kentucky Tort Journal

Committee to Review Rules for Class Action and Mass Tort Cases

By Edward A. Brutscher, Esq.

ADVERTISEMENTS

The Kentucky Law Review posted here on a Herald Leader story, about a Supreme Court committee looking into the rules that currently govern class action and mass tort litigation cases. According to Mike's post the Herald Leader described the purpose of the committee as follows:

Kentucky's mass tort and class-action litigation committee has been looking at an assortment of issues including better case management and strengthening ethics rules for lawyers. The cases can involve hundreds of clients and millions of dollars.

The committee, which includes lawyers and current and retired judges, will also look at whether the state should change its rules to mirror federal court rules, which are more specific and include a mechanism for moving similar lawsuits into one court or under one judge.

The selection apparently comes on the heals of criminal charges against three attorneys involved in the diet drug fen-phen settlement. The committee supposedly hopes to have some recommendations within the next 12 months.

Of course, we already have ethics rules in place to address attorney conduct. When those are broken, we have a system in place to discipline attorneys. If the charges include breaking the law, we have the criminal justice system in place to address that as well. Then there is always the civil system which can award damages resulting from someone's malfeasance or malpractice. While it is certainly admirable to hope attorneys will follow the ethics rules and the law, I don't believe any amount of laws, rules, or recommendations will actually prevent this type behavior from occurring, unfortunately.

Full post as published by Kentucky Tort Journal on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).

Related Law Blog Posts

Search Blog Directory:

Chief Justice Lambert forms Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation Committee to safeguard against potential abuses in tort litigation
Feb. 7, 2008 Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert has appointed 12 Kentucky attorneys to a committee that will study mass tort and class action litigation cases and develop recommendations for the Supreme Court of Kentucky...

Kentucky Supreme Court Forms Mass Tort & Class Action Committee
Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert has appointed 12 Kentucky attorneys to a "Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation Committee." According to a press release, this committee "will determine whether current court rules for attorneys and judges provide...

Kudos to Kentucky
Hmm, why would a state create a mass tort/class action ethics committee? When a few of its finest are in the pokey. Kentucky, which has seen its share of ethics violations in these cases, has formed a Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation Committee "to safeguard against potential abuses in tort litigation...

AOC: CJ Lambert announced yesterday that a special committee was appointed back in September to look into the ethical rules regarding judges and lawyers in mass tort and class action litigation
FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 5, 2008 Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert has appointed 12 Kentucky attorneys to a committee that will study mass tort and class action litigation cases. The Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation Committee will determine whether current court rules for attorneys and judges provide adequate safeguards against unethical conduct and whether rule changes may provide guidance to attorneys and courts dealing with complex litigation...

Kentucky Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation Committee

INDIANA: "Commission on the Courts" Consisting of Court and Legislative Members - et tu Ky
Indiana Law Blog has a routine entry announcing issues to be reviewed by its "Commission on the Courts" - Interim Legislative Committee to study court issues - which also referenced an earlier post which is a "groups of lawmakers who gather throughout the summer to brainstorm what issues might need to be dealt with in the law...

Search Blog Directory: