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"For years I watched people I know get sick, and no one knew why," said Carlson, a maintenance engineer at U.S.

Steel's Minntac plant in Mountain Iron, a town that bills itself as "Taconite Capital of the World." (Taconite is a low-grade iron ore used to make steel.) The Health Department had recorded 17 But last month, the department reported that new analysis had raised the number to 52, all men.

Since 1988, the rate of That's made it more difficult for scientists to link mine work and the disease, and also left many miners wondering if a That conclu...

"For years I watched people I know get sick, and no one knew why," said Carlson, a maintenance engineer at U.S.

Steel's Minntac plant in Mountain Iron, a town that bills itself as "Taconite Capital of the World." (Taconite is a low-grade iron ore used to make steel.) The Health Department had recorded 17 But last month, the department reported that new analysis had raised the number to 52, all men.

Since 1988, the rate of That's made it more difficult for scientists to link mine work and the disease, and also left many miners wondering if a That conclu...

In the February trial against Tapscott and the firm, the plaintiffs testified that they were happy on June 1, 1999, when Tapscott told them their case had settled for $2.5 million.

But Patria Jacobs testified that Tapscott did not tell her that one of the defendants, Pittsburgh Corning Corp., rescinded its settlement offer of $225,000 a day later.

Patria also testified to the following: Tapscott and Baron & Budd had not consulted with her about Rule 11 agreements the firm had entered into with individual defendants in the case that bound both sides to the settlement.

Instead, Baron & Budd later sent her release forms, which she signed agreeing to specific settlement amounts with individual defendants in exchange for releasing those defendants from further liability.

Baron & Budd did not consult with her about settlement before the firm agreed to the binding Rule 11 agreements.

Patria believed Baron & Budd and Tapscott abused the power-of-attorney agreement she had with the firm by not telling her beforehand about the Rule 11 settlement agreements the firm had entered into with the defendants on her behalf.

That communication was critical - especially after Pitt...