Personal Injury Referrals: A Labor Union Investigation

• Author: Cecil C. Kuhne III
• Pages: 39-43

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Personal Injury

Referrals: A Labor

Union Investigation

United States v. Parise

159 F.3d 790 (3rd Cir. 1998)

Louis Parise was convicted of crimes related to commercial bribery

and RICO arising out of his involvement with the National Maritime

Union (NMU).

Parise’s RICO conviction was predicated upon his violation of

the Pennsylvania commercial bribery statute. Specically, Parise was

found to have delivered cash bribes to two port agents in exchange for

their referral of union members with personal injury cases to Parise’s

employer, the Sacks Law Firm.

e conviction arose out of an extensive government investigation

of corruption within the NMU and several related organizations. e