Trial attorney Geoffrey Fieger, who garnered fame for his representation of Dr. Jack Kevorkian in murder trials, must face down his own $50 million assessment of a lawsuit in a malpractice case where the attorney’s words could come back to haunt him.
Fieger can’t prevent a jury in a malpractice suit against him from hearing statements he issued to the media about a case he brought for two swimmers—one died and another was injured—related to live electric current running through the water around a Traverse City, Mich., dock, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
The swimmers’ case was dismissed ...
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