Word: plaintiffs
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...Fayed's security force, saying he had to "move forward" with his life. Fellow bodyguard Alexander ("Kes") Wingfield followed suit in June. Since then, the two bodyguards and their lawyers have adopted a more aggressive stance toward the Ritz-Fayed side, giving the impression that Rees-Jones, a civil plaintiff in the investigation, may be preparing a damage suit against al Fayed's hotel...
...plaintiff said Riley unfairly pressuredMonahan to stop the investigation because ofTaylor's law enforcement connections, according toEric Maxwell, the plaintiff's attorney, who workedwith help from the American Civil Liberties Union...
...fact, Young wants to hold the gun industry responsible for it. He is lead plaintiff in a high-profile lawsuit by three Chicago families seeking to make gun companies pay for the violent deaths of their loved ones. The suit spells out what plaintiffs say is a cozy relationship between the gun industry and criminals who use its products. Manufacturers design certain guns to appeal to criminals, the plaintiffs say, like snub-nosed revolvers that can be easily hidden under a shirt. The companies then advertise to criminals with felon-friendly claims, the suit charges, like the boast that...
...factor working in the plaintiffs' favor is that they're starting to get access to the private records of the gun industry. In the past, suits like these were usually dismissed in the early stages. But in the New York case, plaintiffs have been able to conduct discovery, the stage when lawyers wade through the other side's documents. With tobacco, the climate changed abruptly when plaintiff lawyers got hold of papers revealing internal cigarette-company marketing strategy. Lawyers in some of the gun cases hope to come across evidence that manufacturers have marketing strategies designed to move guns into...
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