By Art Campos The Sacramento Bee Thursday, September 29, 2005A public interest law firm representing trial lawyers is seeking to unseal a 2002 Placer County judge's finding that an automaker's defense expert had destroyed evidence.
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice in Washington, D.C., alleges that the sealed document prevents their clients from challenging the credibility of the expert, who continues to be used as a witness by automakers in other cases.
JUST before dark on Halloween night in 2002, Dereck Lopez turned her red Chevrolet Cavalier onto Hemphill Street, a long road that runs from downtown Fort Worth to the outskirts of the city. Ms. Lopez, 18, was heading to her brother's house to take her nieces trick-or-treating.
Judges warn company about failure to provide court papers
By Jeff Plungis / Detroit News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — It was far from an isolated incident when a Texas judge fined Ford Motor Co. $44,000 in February for failing to produce internal documents about substandard pickup truck door handles.
