Los Angeles manufacturer accuses law firm of filing fraudulent asbestos lawsuits

Billionaire Walter Wang, chairman and chief executive of privately held JM Eagle, at the pipe maker's headquarters on June 29, 2020. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) A Los Angeles pipe manufacturer that has been sued thousands of times for allegedly causing asbestos-related disease in workers handling its products is accusing a leading law firm of filing fraudulent cases. J-M Manufacturing, which does business as JM Eagle, filed a federal RICO lawsuit Wednesday in Illinois alleging the Gori Law Firm i ...