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Judge in Fen-Phen Case Accused of Wrongdoing; Resigns.

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Judge Joseph Bamberger resigned in February 2006, in the face of allegations of wrongdoing regarding his behavior following a fen-phen trial in Kentucky.
 
The class action suit netted $200 million for 431 plaintiffs; however less than half that amount was divided among them. Allegations are that the judge disbursed millions to lawyer-friends and also set up a charitable fund of which he (the judge) was a paid director.
 

Judge resigns amid accusations he profited from diet drug case

Kentucky.com - 2/28/2006 12:09 AM

Judge Joseph F. Bamberger was publicly reprimanded Monday by the state's Judicial Conduct Commission, which said his actions "shock the conscience."
 
Bamberger, who resigned Friday, was a senior status special judge, a retired jurist who could be assigned to certain cases.
 
In a letter of reprimand, the commission said the judge gave attorneys, including one of his personal friends, somewhere between $86 million and $104 million from the
 
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