Tobacco Case Flap

The Times-Picayune reports that tobacco company lawyers were unsuccessful in excluding CDC Judge Ethel Sims Julien from presiding over hearings to determine whether defense jury consultants improperly questioned jurors who handed down a $599 million verdict. Interestingly, the recusal hearing was closed after defense attorneys successfully argued that attorney-client privilege would be violated by an open hearing.

Posted by AJR at June 18, 2004 07:13 AM