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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Apr. 27, 2011

Lawyers Cleared of Witness Tampering

A federal judge overseeing the case of a former prisoner whose eye ruptured in prison found no witness tampering by attorneys who represent doctors that work in the state prison.


By Gabe Friedman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Attorneys at Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP who were accused of witness tampering in a lawsuit over deficient medical care in state prison have been cleared of any wrongdoing by a federal judge.


U.S. District Judge Gary A. Feess said Monday he was not persuaded that lawyers representing the prison's medical staff were involved in the chain of events that led to the...

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