'Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card' or Good Public Policy?: Attorneys Divided Over Doctrine Barring Suits Over 'Bad' Settlements

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'Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card' or Good Public Policy?: Attorneys Divided Over Doctrine Barring Suits Over 'Bad' Settlements

While some lawyers say they’d be happy to ditch the rule—which is unique to Pennsylvania—established in Muhammad v. Strassburger, others argue the rule’s protections guard against a legal “Pandora’s Box.”

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