Lawyer fined over Chevron claims
From Times Wire Reports
A lawyer must pay Chevron Corp. $45,000 for filing “manufactured” claims that three Ecuadoreans or their family members became ill with cancer from the company’s chemical dumping in that country.
Judge William Alsup in San Francisco wrote an order fining the lawyer, Cristobal Bonifaz, who represented residents of Ecuador’s Oriente region in the suit. Alsup threw out the claims against Chevron in August, blaming Bonifaz for fabricating the illnesses. Bonifaz did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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