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Mark Lanier of the Lanier Law Firm on whether people impacted by the Chevron fire have grounds for a class-action lawsuit.
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That's the Chevron refinery fire close to San Francisco happened last week.
4000.
People went looking for cap.
For breathing problems and imitated lies and now filing medical claims in coal.
Does -- I have a class action suit in the making many.
-- -- Obviously -- -- who's side he's on -- he's with his annual guess that's the home.
This is month and -- now you say okay there's a fire and at a refinery right within that.
How was within hours a thousand people of contacted -- that I'm gonna sue I I'm suffering from an -- -- -- last month on news on on screaming I want money.
I put it to you that is not justice is -- What we depends if they are seriously hurt and and I've I've experienced these are handled some of these cases some of those people will legitimately be hurt.
And they ought to be an -- -- -- -- -- -- and the rest will be agents has on.
Eager to make some and they ought to be this thrown out of court how it's an article who added that it's very -- but Chevron -- have a legal.
Team in place.
And we'll say shall with the medical records let -- see if you were hurt so what's the proximity outflows were going on you have had to do this -- walk into the hospitals to pull.
I've just been in having this dreadful black smoke -- -- someone longs.
Well realistic but all I'm really feel that we look at these signs which have been rubbing vigorously the -- red federal bleeding and that's all he could -- you -- -- Mo Ney York c'mon you know -- we also look at those -- I would get here's here's forty bucks.
You have home that's all they get they they won't get money isn't there are pissed they Rockwell's -- -- to.
Very quickly and expeditiously at the discovery level get rid of the junk lawsuits absolutely -- and that's what has to has to be done that's the process it's an American system.
If you can't show a legitimate injury in.
It bounced what the statute of limitations because a lot of times these new exposed to smoke and -- it takes months to -- to actually -- -- you know money and glory yes and -- Two years all of now I mean god walks into the -- -- law into his has offices.
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Two yes I but I feel and it's well that's the problem you've got to get a Doctor Who legitimately can link up what your feeling to what was there to win.
My fear is some of these people will take the 300 dollar settlement.
When they really will have a problem that won't manifest for two years and then they've got cancer our problem.
And they gave away their lawsuit for 300 dollars you do agree with me than in the year 2012.
In this century we are seeing people game the system.
And at any kind of accidental in incidence is an excuse for people affront opens night I am injured -- me we're seeing people all we're seeing people try to gain the system but our system is so solid it will throw those people -- -- system.
Trumps the -- but what about the size of the statute of limitations to how two years from Augusta in the coming on the would willow and those people who come out of the working years from now we'll get out of court just like the people that don't belong -- it today of -- -- class actions and what do -- vetting process for absolutely.
The only haven't yet he does but not about a legal system what about a class action suit you'll get a -- to get public palace where readable form don't remarks.
Is -- class action system.
Just set up for lawyers not -- litigants historically it was -- that's a great point but with President Bush we pass the class action reform bill.
That that's radically change class action in -- and made it tougher know that's a federal legislation so.
So I are we having great justice system voters go to the lawyers that -- shop and plaintiffs shop for cases really bogging down and we -- at a gets ever get throughout Europe now lawyers -- shopping happens on both sides.
Lawyers for the -- have an obligation to try to find the best form for their clients.
Lawyers for defendants have an obligation to try to move it to the best form for theirs that's part of the adversary -- what about -- decide if -- picnic but it it would at a time.
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Not yet I don't know if you've passed that the breathing test the unabomber might spread the wealth -- and I am not an Obama -- I gave money to Mitt Romney.
You did absolutely have come out a very out of you've earned your next indicate -- matching you know.
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