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Myricks v. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Educated employee, who was represented by counsel, voluntarily and knowingly waived pending employment discrimination claim by executing severance agreement and general release when negotiating enhanced retirement benefits.

Closed Plant Still Kicking Up Dust in RICO Suit Alleging Fake Workers’ Comp
Shortly after a New Jersey bathroom fixtures plant announced in 2002 that it would close, employees began filing workers’ compensation suits over a range of health problems. The plant’s operator, calling the claims bogus, sued the 84 workers and their lawyers under RICO, and this month a federal court entered a $2.2 million default judgment. But, in a development that bolsters the workers’ claims, the lawyer handling the workers’ comp cases has learned that the plant is contaminated by asbestos.

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