After months of preparation, the first General Motors defective ignition switch trial had just collapsed because of possible perjury by the plaintiff. And Judge Jesse Furman had to deal with it.
Furman had found that the client, Robert Scheuer and his wife, Lisa, perpetrated “a fraud on the court and the jury.” In his low-key but firm manner, and with a slight smile, the judge suggested to lawyer Robert Hilliard, who was watching his client’s case implode, that it was time to fold up the tent.
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