Gori seeks quick end to asbestos fraud, lawsuit ‘bounties’ case

The Gori Law Firm, considered America’s most prolific filer of asbestos personal injury lawsuits, has pushed back on claims it engaged in a long-running scheme of lawsuit fraud and racketeering, saying the lawsuit brought by a plastic pipes manufacturer is an improper attempt to use federal racketeering law to punish the firm for succeeding in court.

On April 21, the Edwardsville-based Gori firm filed its motion to dismiss the lawsuit lodged by Los Angeles-based J-M Manufacturing, which accused Gori of violating the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).

In the motion, Gori describes J-M’s lawsuit as “ill-conceived and retaliatory,” and essentially assert the lawsuit was motivated by sour grapes, and a desire to strike back at the Gori firm for allegedly repeatedly resting big money settlements and judgments from J-M on behalf of people who claimed they were harmed by asbestos allegedly contained in pipes ...