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Recent Law Grad Got $3M Bonus, Plus Porsche, in Fen-Phen Case

Posted May 15, 2008, 01:12 pm CDT
By Martha Neil

A recent law grad working on a massive diet drug case got a $3 million bonus and a Porsche when the civil fen-phen litigation settled for $200 million in 2001.

David Helmers testified today about his lavish bonus in the Covington, Ky., federal fraud trial of three senior lawyers accused of stealing money from 440 clients in the underlying civil case, reports the Enquirer, a Cincinnati newspaper. Plaintiffs say they suffered heart problems as a result of taking the diet drug combination.

Shirley Cunningham Jr., William Gallion and Melbourne Mills were entitled to about $60 million in fees from the civil settlement, according to prosecutors, but are accused of having kept $45 million more. They also allegedly put… Continue reading...

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