Robert Peck of the AssociationofTrialLawyersofAmerica says that the single-digit guideline does not apply when plaintiffs have been bereaved or injured.
In the wake of the attacks, the AssociationofTrialLawyersofAmerica made an unprecedented move: It sent e-mails to lawyers across the United States asking for restraint.
Although the AssociationofTrialLawyersofAmerica, a group of personal-injury lawyers, called for an indefinite moratorium on civil suits related to the attack, its members are unlikely to turn away potential clients for long.