Sanction for Lawyers' Exposing Secret Wackenhut Sexual Abuse Settlement Upheld

Loaded on July 15, 2002 published in Verdict1 July, 2002, page 22

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Misconduct, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Sanctions. Location: Texas.

by Matthew T. Clarke

The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the district court's sanctions against the prisoners' lawyers in a suit against Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (WCC) after the lawyers revealed the terms of a secret settlement agreement.

Five young girls who were allegedly sexually, mentally, and physically ...

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