Verdicts and Settlements

Our firm’s involvement and participation in the Yaz®/Yasmin® product liability litigation resulted in Bayer paying over $2 billion to the approximately 20,000 injured claimants. Firm partner Michael A. London played a pivotal role throughout the litigation, holding the...

Our firm’s involvement and participation in the Zyprexa® product liability litigation yielded a $690 million settlement on behalf of approximately 8,000 injured plaintiffs. Michael A. London played a pivotal role, holding the position of Vice-Chair of the Plaintiffs’...

Our firm’s involvement and participation in the C8 litigation against DuPont resulted in a $670.6 million settlement on behalf of approximately 3,550 plaintiffs. Firm partner Gary J. Douglas tried three cases to verdict, with three separate juries returning...

Settlement on behalf of approximately 4,400 claimants injured by use of the drug Pradaxa. Firm Partner Michael A. London served as co-lead counsel to oversee the entire litigation and was one of two primary negotiators of the settlement....

Firm Partner Stephanie O’Connor served on the trial team that secured a $140 million verdict against AbbVie, Inc. on behalf of a man who was injured as a result of his use of testosterone replacement therapy. Ms. O’Connor,...

Settlements for 933 clients of our firms clients who were injured as a result of using a prescription medication manufactured by a Fortune 50 pharmaceutical company.

Confidential settlement where our firm represented 152 clients who were injured as a result of using a prescription drug manufactured by a Fortune 50 pharmaceutical company.

Confidential settlements with multiple manufacturers of women’s health-related medical devices on behalf of 1,015 women.

Confidential settlement on behalf of 160 clients for a prescription medication manufactured by a Fortune 500 company.

Settlement where our firm represented 151 clients who were injured following their use of a diabetes medication. Firm partner Stephanie O’Connor was instrumental in the litigation and on the trial team that secured a multi-billion dollar verdict.

Firm partner Gary J. Douglas served as lead trial counsel and secured a $27.8 million verdict in the first and only plaintiff’s victory against Bayer and Janssen Pharmaceuticals on behalf of a woman injured following her use of...

Firm founders Gary J. Douglas and Michael A. London secured the first verdict in the history of the State of New York against the tobacco industry for the death of a 58-year-old former smoker of Lucky Strike cigarettes.

Firm partner Gary J. Douglas won a trial on behalf of a 16 year old whose skull was fractured when he was struck by a New York City subway.

Class Action lawsuit against Bayer Pharmaceuticals alleging false representations made regarding additional health benefits of their over-the-counter combination aspirin drugs. Firm Partner Michael A. London, with great assistance from Senior Associate Virginia E. Anello, served as co-lead counsel...

Confidential settlement where our firm represented 15 clients who were injured as a result of using a household consumer product manufactured by a Fortune 500 company.

Confidential settlements against 6 medical device manufacturers whose products caused serious side effects requiring our clients to undergo life-long treatment to minimize their symptoms.

Confidential settlement where our firm represented 109 clients who were injured as a result of using a prescription drug manufactured by a Fortune 50 pharmaceutical company.

Firm partner Gary J. Douglas obtained a jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Ethicon Endosurgery, on behalf of the family of a 45-year-old man who died after a staple gun misfired during a weight-loss surgery.

Confidential settlement where our firm represented 78 clients who were injured as a result of using a prescription drug manufactured by a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company.

Jury verdict against Merck & Co. on behalf of a 72-year-old Florida woman who suffered a disabling and disfiguring jaw disease as result of taking the osteoporosis drug Fosamax. Of note, Gary J. Douglas was the lead trial...

Confidential settlement where our firm represented 156 clients who were injured as a result of receiving a defective and recalled medical device manufactured by a pharmaceutical company.

For an infant who suffered kidney damage at birth due to a one hour delay by hospital and obstetrician in not performing an emergency C-section following a sinusoidal pattern seen on the fetal monitor.

Firm partner Gary J. Douglas secured this monumental verdict for a construction worker who lost his vision in one eye when a caustic substance splashed his face.

Confidential settlement on behalf of the family of a 19-year-old who died tragically following the use of a prescription medication manufactured by a Fortune 50 pharmaceutical company.

Structured settlement for a 14-year-old boy suffering from Rheumatic Fever, which was misdiagnosed, resulting in severe heart damage and necessitating a mitral valve replacement.

Lack of security case against a landlord for a taxi driver paralyzed when he was shot in the vestibule of his building and paralyzed from the waist down.

Failure to diagnose and treat non-terminal cancer by doctor resulting in metastasis (spread of cancer) to lung and other organs of the body, resulting in the death of 48 year old.

For construction worker whose leg was fractured after he fell four stories in a scaffold collapse.

Settlement on behalf of the Estate of a patient who died due to a negligently performed tubal ligation.

Failure to timely diagnose and treat tonsil cancer causes the death of a 47-year-old electrician, who was married and a father of three.

Primary care physician failed to recognize that routine blood tests indicated kidney failure, which resulted in the rapid demise and death of a 42-year-old police department employee and mother of a 12-year-old boy.

For a 42-year-old woman who suffered a stroke after her cardiologist failed to implant a pacemaker and treat her bradycardia.

Confidential settlement where our firm represented 6 clients who were injured as a result of using a defective post-operative medical device manufactured by a pharmaceutical company.

Medical malpractice case involving the negligent delivery of infant resulting in severe Erb’s Palsy necessitating multiple surgeries.

Settlement on behalf of a client who fell from an aircraft catering lift and suffered catastrophic leg injury as a consequence of a design defect.

On behalf of a 76-year-old man who was the victim of medical malpractice when his doctor failed to diagnose an infection in his knee which required surgery and subsequent admission to a hospital and a rehabilitation center.

Settlement on behalf of the Estate of a patient who committed suicide due to malpractice of patient’s Psychologist.

For the widow of a 57-year-old man who underwent an umbilical hernia surgery during which the anesthesiologist neglected to reverse the effects of a muscle relaxant administered during surgery, which resulted in pulmonary edema and respiratory distress culminating...

For construction worker sustaining multiple facial fractures in a work site accident.

For the family of a janitor who suffered a fatal heart attack after being released from a hospital emergency room complaining of chest pain.

Settlement for a 52-year-old woman who slipped and fell at a department store as a result of a hazardous situation created by the department store and who, as a result, suffered severe injuries to her lumbar spine necessitating...

Settlement on behalf of the Estate of a patient who suffered severe brain damage and death as a consequence of negligent placement of a catheter to patient’s left innominate vein.

Confidential settlement on behalf of a 35-year-old male who suffered debilitating bilateral knee injuries following the collapse of a residential building’s interior staircase.

Settlement secured on behalf of the Estate of a patient who died due to hospital and physician’s failure to timely diagnose and treat endocarditis. Settlement on behalf of an infant suffering from deformed fingers due to malpractice of...

Settlement secured on behalf of the Estate of a patient who died due to physician negligently discontinuing patient’s Aspirin therapy in advance of an Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD).e collapse of a residential building’s interior staircase.

For an infant who suffered respiratory failure and urinary dysfunction at birth and subsequent renal failure for failure to diagnose in utero that the fetus was suffering from posterial urethral valves and thus failing to perform in utero...

Failure to monitor 4-year-old child’s blood work during treatment of his bone infection leading to liver and renal failure, internal hemorrhage and surgeries to address same.

For eye injury sustained by 35-year-old messenger injured by a defective luggage cart/bungee cord.

On behalf of an 82-year-old woman presents to the emergency room, whose emergency room physicians, once having diagnosed a blocked ureter and back-up of urine as well as infection, failed to perform procedures to relieve these conditions. As...

Road worker’s truck was hit in the rear while parked on the highway doing work. Plaintiff was a decorated Desert Strom veteran and suffered herniated disc and required spinal laminectomy following as result of the accident.

Settlement for a 50-year-old man who was making a delivery for outdoor party supplies when he slipped and fell down a flight of icy stairs, which resulted in a C6-7 spinal fusion, as well as right shoulder arthroscopy...

Confidential settlement on behalf of a 47-year-old male who suffered crush fractures and degloving injuries to his left lower extremities after he was run over by a garbage truck. The case was brought against the property owner for...

Settlement for a 75-year-old woman whose physicians failed to timely diagnose and treat her maxillary sinus cancer.

Negligent failure to address an elderly patient’s risk of falling, resulting in hip fracture and extended admission to a rehabilitation center.

Botched facelift resulting in permanent damage (numbness and pain) to the greater auricular nerve innervating one side of the Plaintiff’s face.

Hospital failed to diagnose a fractured nose in 32 year old who presented to the emergency room following an assault outside a restaurant. The hospital discharged him hours after he presented, and 2 days later he was re-admitted...

Settlement for a woman while getting a dental procedure suffered a serious infection, which lead to a spinal abscess. Past success does not guarantee future outcomes. Call or email us now to learn more or see how we...