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CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Robert Peirce, Jr.
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13-2325
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November 06, 2014
CSX, Asbestos Attys End 4th Circ. RICO Fight With $7.3M Deal
The Fourth Circuit on Thursday dismissed an appeal from two attorneys hit by a $7.3 million damages and attorneys' fee award in a racketeering suit brought by CSX Transportation Inc., ending allegations that the railroad company sued them in retaliation for filing asbestos claims by its employees.
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July 01, 2014
Attys' False Asbestos Filings Are 'Gross Fraud,' CSX Says
CSX Transportation Inc. told the Fourth Circuit on Monday that the attorneys challenging its $1.3 million damages award had committed gross fraud by filing false asbestos claims, arguing that it should be allowed to seek punitive damages in any new trial over its common-law claims against them.
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April 29, 2014
CSX Hits Back At Attys In 4th Circ. Racketeering Row
CSX Transportation Inc. fired back on Monday at the attorneys who argued to the Fourth Circuit that the transportation company had brought racketeering claims against them mainly to crush asbestos suits they filed on behalf of its employees.
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February 26, 2014
Asbestos Attys Fight CSX's Racketeering Claims In 4th Circ.
The lawyers who were hit with $1.3 million in damages in a racketeering suit brought by CSX Transportation Inc. told the Fourth Circuit Tuesday that the transportation company had only sued them as a strategy to attack them for bringing asbestos injury suits on behalf of its employees.