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Virginia Supreme Court: Wrongful Death Settlement Details Must Be Disclosed

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· Story link The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that details of settlements in several wrongful death suits brought against a…

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The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that details of settlements in several wrongful death suits brought against a pharmaceutical company must be disclosed to the public and cannot be sealed. A lower court, responding to a petition from the Fredricksburg Free Lance Star and the Richmond Times Dispatch, had also ruled the records must be disclosed. (9/15/08)

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