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SOUTHERN COUNCIL OF INDUS. WORKERS v. FORD

No. LR-C-94-181.

400 F.Supp.2d 1131 (1997)

SOUTHERN COUNCIL OF INDUSTRIAL WORKERS; Southern Council of Industrial Workers Trust Fund, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jacqueline F. FORD; Morris W. Thompson; and Valley Forge Insurance Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division.

February 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott C. Trotter, Trotter Law Firm, P.A., Little Rock, AR, for Southern Council of Industrial Workers, Southern Council of Industrial Workers Trust Fund, plaintiffs.

Mary M. Thomason, Attorney at Law, El Dorado, AR, Arkie Byrd, Richard L. Mays, Mays, Byrd & Hicks, P.A., Michael E. Hale, Barber, McCaskill, Jones & Hale, P.A., for Jacqueline F Ford, Morris W. Thompson, Valley Forge Insurance Company, defendants.

ORDER

WILSON, District Judge.

The issue before the Court is whether a lawyer's alleged violation of a rule of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct is evidence of fault to be considered by a jury.

Separate Defendant, Jacqueline Ford contends that Separate Defendant, Morris Thompson violated the following rule:

(a) A lawyer shall not enter into a business transaction with a client or knowingly acquire an ownership, possessory, security or...

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