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JULIETTE
“This is huge, Brett. Like, class-action-suit huge. Major-insurancecompany-and-manufacturing-company-named-in-the-suit huge.”
“I know,” my friend Brett says before taking a sip of his wine. “That’s
why I brought it to you.”
“We have to do something. We can’t let these people suffer like this,
and we both know that neither of these companies will do anything to make
this right unless legal action is involved.”
I place the large stack of paperwork I’ve acquired over the last several
weeks on the table and plop my hand on top of it. “I’ve spent the better part
of six weeks getting detailed stories and statements from the factory
workers. There are countless stories of permanent lung damage, jobs lost—
hell, lives lost—all because Delmore Manufacturing has no issue with toxic
levels of chemicals in the air supply on the factory floor. Have they ever
heard of the EPA?”
“I know, Jules, and I agree. The problem is, my firm won’t let me take
the case on.”
I let out a sigh of annoyance. “Still? Even after all this evidence, you
think they won’t?”
He wipes his mouth after taking a bite of his filet and shakes his head.
“Doubtful.”
“Why not? You work for the most powerful firm in the city.”
“I’m tied up with the Steadman fraud case—have been for months.
Since they’re one of our biggest clients, there’s no way in hell the partners
will let me take on a class-action suit this large, especially since we both
know it would have to be on contingency. And even if they did let me,
Nathan would kill me. I can’t spend the first year of our marriage at the
office, darling.”
“I understand.” I sit back in my chair, feeling defeated. I stare out the
window of the restaurant, watching people attempt to dodge raindrops and
puddles as they scurry down the sidewalk during a New York spring
evening.
Brett and I went to law school at Harvard together and have remained
close ever since. I’m actually the one who introduced him to his nowhusband, Nathan. Nathan and I met because I hired his interior design firm
to help me furnish my new apartment when I moved to New York from
Boston a few years ago. They hit it off instantly and have been inseparable
ever since.
“What are you thinking?” Brett asks. I turn to look back at him, his
eyebrow cocked. “I know that look, Jules.”
“I’m wondering if your firm won’t take the case because they don’t
want to spread resources too thin, or if it’s because the insurance company
and Delmore are both represented by your firm’s biggest competitor?”
He chuckles. “I’d be lying if I said that isn’t part of it, I’m sure.
Granted, I can’t speak for the partners, but going up against Prince, Dune &
Bellows probably isn’t on their to-do list. With a reputation like theirs, they
know it wouldn’t be a fair fight from the jump.”
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