5th Circuit blasts lawyer who sent thank-you checks to experts, yet told jurors they were unpaid


A federal appeals court has overturned a $151 million award against a hip implant manufacturer because of "serious evidentiary errors" by the judge and "deceptions" by Mark Lanier, a high-profile Houston lawyer for the plaintiffs. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last Wednesday in an opinion by Judge Jerry Smith.



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