The federal trial of two lawyers in Kentucky for allegedly bilking clients out of millions of dollars from a class action settlement over the fen-phen diet drug will continue after a judge refused to grant a mistrial. The threat of a mistrial arose last week when the attorney representing defendant William Gallion became ill with an unidentified illness that had previously put the trial on hold. Prosecutors allege Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. took more than their contractual share of the $200 million settlement.
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