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Crash Chaser Ads Upset Kentucky Attorney General

Ads in Wednesday's Lexington Herald-Leader by lawyers soliciting business from families of victims who died in Comair Flight 5191 have drawn the attention of the Kentucky attorney general. AG Greg Stumbo says his office has forwarded complaints about the tactic to the U.S. Attorney's office and the Kentucky Bar Association regarding the ads, which he says show "questionable conduct" by the advertising lawyers. He notes that federal law prohibits attorneys from soliciting victims' families for 45 days following a plane crash, and while he is not sure they are improper, he does find them tasteless.

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