Ft. Lauderdale Firm Wins Three Consecutive Cases Against Big Tobacco
After months of three back-to-back cases against big tobacco, Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A. has secured victories for three families who lost loved ones to smoking. The legal marathon began back in May with the Schlesinger team working relentlessly for months, putting...
Goldberg Segalla’s Recent Legal Mal Victories Bolster Defense Bar, Make Favorable Case Law in New Jersey
Within the last two months, Goldberg Segalla partner Matthew S. Marrone scored significant and high-profile victories in two legal malpractice cases in New Jersey, highlighting the capabilities of the firm’s Management and Professional Liability Practice Group. New...
Newman Law and Waters & Kraus Secure $11.5 Med Device Whistleblower Settlement
Firms and lawyers from Texas and Massachusetts joined forces to represent a whistleblower in a major False Claims Act suit against AngioDynamics, a New York-based medical device company. Due to the terms of the settlement, which was announced last week, AngioDynamics...
Fitzpatrick & Hunt Obtain Defense Verdict in $46 Million Helicopter Case
Lawyers from Fitzpatrick & Hunt’s Los Angeles office recently defended a helicopter manufacturer in a product liability lawsuit involving a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter. Equity partner James W. Hunt and partner Christopher S. Hickey defended Sikorsky Aircraft...
NY Leading Lawyers From Martin Clearwater & Bell Win Another Misdiagnosis Defense Verdict
In June, Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP (MCB) defense attorneys secured an important verdict for the firm’s client, a radiologist, in a case that involved a claimed failure to diagnose breast cancer. MCB senior trial partner Anthony M. Sola, partner Thomas...
Yetter Coleman’s Med Device Patent Infringement Dismissal Upheld
Yetter Coleman LLP of Texas recently had one of its most important dismissals upheld in a North Carolina court. On June 7, the Federal Circuit affirmed a dismissal of patent infringement claims the firm secured in early 2017 for RadiaDyne, a medical device developer....
Lanier Leads Wins Multibillion-Dollar Verdict in Action Against Johnson & Johnson
Mark Lanier of The Lanier Law Firm, a firm with offices in Texas and New York, led a trial team that won a monumental jury award in St. Louis, Missouri that has massive implications for similar class actions. Lanier and his team, which included members of the Holland...
Dallas Judge Supports $96.2M Fraud Finding Judgment Following BBVA Compass Bank Fraud Verdict
The hard work of many Texas lawyers and firms has been upheld by a Dallas judge in a major bank fraud case. On June 27, Dallas County State District Court Judge Staci Williams entered a $96.2 million judgment against BBVA Compass Bank and one of its executives in a...
Shegerian Wins Historic Los Angeles Age Discrimination Verdict
Last week, Carney Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates secured a major jury verdict in Los Angeles Superior Court. The firm won more than $28 million in punitive damages for dental worker Codie Rael, a 58-year-old woman from Ontario. This punitive award comes on...
Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn Makes History With CA Pretrial Settlement
In late June, Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn partner Tim Tietjen secured what is believed to be the largest pretrial personal injury settlement for a single plaintiff in California history. The San Francisco-based firm agreed to a $47.5 million settlement with the...
Martin Clearwater & Bell Secures Major Defense Verdict
In May, a trio of medical malpractice lawyers from Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP (MCB) obtained a defense verdict after a three-week trial in Supreme Court, Nassau County before Justice Thomas Feinman. MCB Senior Trial Partner Anthony M. Sola, was assisted by Of...
Milberg Tadler Settles Medicare Whistleblower Hospice Fraud Claim
Last week, a major settlement between the United States Department of Justice and Caris Healthecare, L.P., a hospice provider, was announced. The $8.5 million agreement was brought by a whistleblower who was represented by lawyers from New York-based Milberg Tadler...