Victims of dangerous products are often forced to sign court secrecy agreements in order to settle product liability cases. Negligent corporations that produce dangerous and hazardous products use court secrecy agreements to avoid accountability and hide potential public safety issues. Court secrecy agreements have hidden the dangers of prescription drugs, hazardous toys, deadly tires and collapsing baby cribs. And these are only the dangers that have been made public.
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Background
The Facts—Corporations Hide the Dangers of Products Behind Secrecy Agreements
Testimony of Richard Meadow before the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Hearing entitled: “The Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2008”
Research
Eight Deadly Secrets—How Court Secrecy Harms Families and Children
Trial Magazine—“The Assault Upon the Citadel” by James E. Rooks Jr 
In Their Own Words
Key Quotes on Court Secrecy From “The Assault Upon the Citadel”
What People Are Saying about Court Secrecy and the Sunshine in Litigation Act
