VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS OBTAINED IN EXCESS OF $1,000,000

$23,000,000 (Judgment) – Mass Action  (Business Fraud)
Represented several hundred plaintiffs who were defrauded in a securities/real estate investment fraud scheme.

$20,000,000 (Judgment) – Mass Action (Business Fraud)
Represented several hundred plaintiffs who were defrauded in a securities/real estate investment fraud scheme.

$20,000,000 (Judgment) – Mass Action (Business Fraud)
Represented more than two hundred plaintiffs who were defrauded in a Cattle Partnership Investment fraud scheme.

$7,000,000 (Settlements) – Environmental Superfund Litigation
Represented over 100 corporate plaintiffs against several hundred corporate defendants in CERCLA contribution actions relating to multiple landfill sites.

$6,200,000 (Judgment) – Wrongful Death (Premises Liability)
Represented a wife and her two minor children against county landfill facility for maintaining a dangerous condition on their premises.

$2,750,000 (Settlement) – Wrongful Death (Premises Liability)
Represented a wife and her two minor children whose husband/father was killed while working on construction site when he was run over by truck operated by third party sub-contractor.

$2,700,000 (Settlement) – Wrongful Death (Truck v. Pedestrian)
Represented a wife and her two minor children against trucking company when a commercial tractor/trailer overturned while unloading, falling upon and killing plaintiffs’ husband/father who was standing nearby.

$2,700,000 (Settlement) – Wrongful Death (Truck v. Auto)
Represented a wife and her two adult children against a trucking company for negligence when the driver of a tractor/trailer backed his vehicle out into traffic, striking the vehicle driven by decedent, resulting in the death of plaintiffs’ husband/father.

$2,600,000 (Settlement) – Clergy Childhood Sexual Abuse
Represented man who was sexually molested as a child by a  Roman Catholic priest.

$2,500,000 (Settlement) – Securities Investment Fraud/Breach of Contract
Represented an individual against a national bank in a breach of contract/fraud claim arising from investments made in his personal brokerage account.

$2,200,000 (Settlement) – Clergy Childhood Sexual Abuse
Represented man who was sexually molested as a child by a Roman Catholic priest.

$1,875,000 (Settlement) – Medical Malpractice (Brain Injury)
Represented woman who underwent a surgical procedure at a hospital and, due to the negligence of the surgeon and hospital, suffered a severe brain injury.

$1,750,000 (Settlement) – Breach of Contract
Represented an individual in a breach of contract claim against major apparel company arising from defendant’s breach of the purchase agreement with plaintiff’s company.

$1,500,000 (Settlement) – Clergy Childhood Sexual Abuse
Represented a man who was sexually molested as a child by a Roman Catholic priest.

$1,400,000 (Settlement) – Wrongful Death (Auto v. Motorcycle)
Represented the parents of a 35 year old adult man who was killed while riding his motorcycle, when defendant driver negligently made  left turn at an intersection immediately in front of decedent’s motorcycle, causing the vehicles to collide. Decedent was ejected from the motorcycle and died.

$1,250,000 (Settlement) – Wrongful Death (Auto v. Motorcycle)
Represented a wife and her two minor children against a driver of a vehicle who negligently operated his vehicle causing a collision with decedent’s motorcycle.  Decedent was ejected from the motorcycle and died.

 $1,150,000 (Settlement) – Negligence (Auto v. Pedestrian)
Represented a woman who was struck by an automobile while she was walking across the street in a crosswalk. Plaintiff suffered serious and substantial injuries to her legs and back, requiring hospitalization, multiple surgeries and in-patient rehabilitation.

$1,100,000 (Settlement) – Negligence (Auto v. Motorcycle)
Represented a man who was seriously injured while riding his motorcycle when defendant driver negligently made a left turn at an intersection immediately in front of decedent’s motorcycle causing the vehicles to collide. Decedent was ejected from the motorcycle and suffered injuries to his lower extremities, requiring hospitalization and multiple surgeries.

$1,000,000 (Settlement) – Bad Faith Insurance
Represented a dentist in a first party bad faith insurance claim when his disability insurance carrier refused to pay disability benefits pursuant to the insurance policy after the dentist became disabled.

$1,000,000 (Settlement) –  Sexual Assault
Represented a teenage girl against a major department store for sexual assault when she was sexually assaulted by security personnel after they improperly detained her.