11. Also Tuesday, attorneys for the seven employees who are suing filed a motion alleging that Ratcliffe improperly contacted employees who are prospective plaintiffs as members of a class. 12. Also, prosecutors filed a motion opposing the defense proposal to conduct a pre-trial DNA admissibility hearing during trial and in front of the jury. 13. American National Can had filed motions after the trial asking for a lower damage amount or a new trial. 14. American National Can subsequently filed a motion to have the award reduced, and Envirodyne petitioned to have it increased. 15. And the company also filed a motion to have the court-appointed special master, Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard law professor, removed. 16. And Tuesday, they filed a motion in Suffolk Superior Court asking Judge Thayer Fremont-Smith, who presided over both malpractice trials, to revive the appeal. 17. Ann DuPree has filed a motion to enforce the agreement, which DuPree opposes. 18. As a result, the Democrats filed two motions Tuesday demanding the accelerated schedule, in particular pleading with the judge to at least begin counting the ballots. 19. Apparently frustrated over the lack of progress, lawyers for Starr filed a motion last week to compel several officers to testify. 20. As a result of the flier, Ryan said, he will consider filing a motion for a change of venue. |