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A judge has just approved a $149 million settlement of 30 class action lawsuits that were filed after the 2000 Firestone tire recall. There were 14.4 million Firestone tires involved in the recall. The settlement included the Firestone ATX, ATX II, and Wilderness AT tires that were investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2000. There were at least 271 U.S. traffic deaths linked to the Firestone tire recall. Most of the recalled tires were sold with the Ford Explorer. Terms of the settlement calls for Firestone to pay roughly $70 million to replace the recalled tires, $41 million to manufacture certain tires with materials that would provide a better high speed capacity, $15.5 million on a consumer education and awareness campaign, and $19 million for attorney's fees. The Firestone tire recall includes 22 brands of Bridgestone/Firestone tires between 1991 and 2001. Since the settlement could affect an estimated 15 million drivers, involving about 60 million tires, those not named in the settlement will qualify to have them replaced.

Courts in Massachusetts
Massachusetts State falls under the 1st Circuit. The website for the appeals court for this circuit is www.ca1.uscourts.gov. Massachusetts State has the following courts -

Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court	http://www.mab.uscourts.gov/
Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court	http://www.mab.uscourts.gov/
Massachusetts District Court	http://www.mad.uscourts.gov/
Massachusetts District Court	http://www.mad.uscourts.gov/

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City/Town: Melrose State: Massachusetts Country: USA Population: 27,134

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Twenty-five percent of felony defendants in 2000 had an active criminal justice status at the time of the current charged offense, including 14% who were on probation, 13% on pretrial release, and 6% on parole.

More than half (55%) of the juvenile defendants formally processed in juvenile courts in the Nation's 75 largest counties were adjudicated delinquent in 2000. Among juvenile defendants adjudicated delinquent, 40% received a disposition of residential placement and 50% received formal probation in 2000.

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Always find out how much experience the lawyer has:
Before choosing a lawyer, you must ascertain how much experience the lawyer has. A lawyer with more than 8 years of experience is good, 5-7 years is just fine, 3-4 years is somewhat doubtful and lesser experience than that is not acceptable. There is no doubt that the years of practice are important in sharpening the layers skills as well as his standing in the eyes of the court.

Always find out how much many similar cases the lawyer has taken up:
The legal profession is very vast. Lawyers take up cases of varying nature and may not have a good working knowledge of the nature of certain cases. You must speak to the lawyer and find out whether he/she has actually taken up cases of a similar/same nature. After all, what would a divorce lawyer know about personal injury cases. Make sure that the lawyer takes up at least 60% cases of a similar nature/ similar field of law.

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