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June 3, 2013 – On May 7, 2013, after a six-day trial in Hudson County Superior Court of New Jersey, a unanimous eight-member jury awarded a former lab technician at Bayonne Medical Center, $80,640...
EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS AT LEVY KONIGSBERG LLP, A NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED LITIGATION LAW FIRM REPRESENTS EMPLOYEES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF THEIR EMPLOYERS’ VIOLATIONS OF WAGE AND HOUR STATUTES AND REGULATION....
May 24, 2013 – Hurricane Katrina is considered the most costly natural disaster in U.S. History, estimated to have cost up to $125 billion. The federal government has picked up the majority of this...
May 16, 2013 – Westchester mesothelioma lawyers from the national asbestos law firm of Levy Konigsberg LLP have recently opened an office in White Plains, New York. LK will provide legal advice to...
May 16, 2013 – As many are aware, two major public schools systems have been the subject of standardized test cheating scandals this year. Government investigations and criminal conspiracies are not...
May 16, 2013 – Two recent major victories for the U.S. Government showcase the importance of the False Claims Act as a pivotal tool in combating healthcare fraud. Tuomey Healthcare System On May 8,...
April 30, 2013 – Former employee of the Upstate New York-based International Paper Company who developed lung cancer as a result of decades-long exposure to asbestos at the workplace files lawsuit...
April 26, 2013 – On April 23, 2013, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed a civil healthcare fraud lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant, Novartis. The Government’s Complaint,...
April 16, 2013 – On April 15, 2013, another for-profit college agreed to pay a civil settlement after the school’s former Financial Aid Director pled guilty to submitting falsified financial aid...
NEW YORK, New York | March 28, 2013 – The issue of Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse in New York State addressed in the recent report by U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and...
Join hundreds at the 8th Annual 5K Walk/Run for Hope on April 14, 2013, in East Meadow, NY. Funds raised will support the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, dedicated to finding a cure for mesothelioma, a rare cancer caused by asbestos exposure.
LEVY KONIGSBERG LLP, A NEW YORK CITY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LAW FIRM, SPECIALIZING IN MESOTHELIOMA AND OTHER ASBESTOS-RELATED ACTIONS, WHOM U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT RECENTLY NAMED 2013 LAW FIRM OF...
January 9, 2013 – The book 100 Questions & Answers About Mesothelioma recently published its Third Edition. This user-friendly guide to virtually all aspects of mesothelioma has long been...
December 13, 2012 – Lung cancer lawyers from the New York City-based personal injury law firm of Levy Konigsberg LLP win a $1.34 Million verdict in a historic victory in a case brought by the family...
December 4, 2012 – An article authored by LK whistleblower attorneys, entitled “Georgia Taxpayer Protection False Claims Act: The Peach State Gets Tough on Fraud against the Government,” was...
November 21, 2012 – New York mesothelioma lawyers from the national asbestos litigation firm of Levy Konigsberg LLP report increased case filings on behalf of mesothelioma patients and families of...
U.S. NEWS-BEST LAWYERS NAME THE NATIONAL LAW FIRM OF LEVY KONIGSBERG LLP THE 2013 “LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR” IN THE CATEGORY OF PLAINTIFF’S PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION. THE FIRM SPECIALIZES IN...
October 10, 2012 – In a groundbreaking study published in the New England Journal of Medicine today, highly respected mesothelioma researchers, led by Harvey I. Pass, M.D. of NYU Medical Center,...
October 3, 2012 – On Friday, September 28, 2012, attorneys from Levy Konigsberg LLP (“LK”) joined members and activists from the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, aka the Meso Foundation, at...
NEW YORK, New York, October 1, 2012 – In a decision issued on April 16, 2012, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that claims filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”)...
October 01, 2012 – Alan J. Konigsberg is a senior founding member and the managing partner at Levy Konigsberg LLP, a nationally recognized trial firm with offices in New York, New Jersey, and...
NEW YORK, New York, October 2, 2012 – A New York Appellate Division panel of judges unanimously ruled in favor of three women suffering from asbestos-caused mesothelioma cancer, stating that the...
New York labor laws regulate activity in the workplace and professional relationships between employer and employee. One of their functions is to promote a safe working environment so as to protect...
NEW YORK, New York | August 14, 2007 – The toy manufacturer Mattel, the parent company of Fisher-Price, extends its previously announced worldwide recall of approximately 1.5 million toys. As with...
NEW YORK, New York | August 2, 2007 – Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, NY, announces a massive recall of approximately 967,000 toys, which may contain high levels of lead paint. This is the second...
July 18, 2007 – A steam pipe explosion near Grand Central Terminal, in New York City, caused at least one death and many serious injuries. The explosion also raised concerns about possible asbestos...
NEW YORK, New York | July 2, 2007 - In today’s issue, New York Magazine features mesothelioma lawyers Stanley J. Levy, Robert I. Komitor, and Jerome H. Block of Levy Konigsberg LLP on its list of...
NEW YORK | June 20, 2007 – New York’s leading lead poisoning attorney Alan Konigsberg comments on RC2 Corporation’s nationwide toy recall of various Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway toys and...
June 18, 2007 – Commercial litigation attorneys from Levy Konigsberg LLP, a New York & New Jersey-based business litigation law firm, win $5 Million in punitive damages and $2 Million in...
A NEW JERSEY WOMAN DIES OF MESOTHELIOMA CAUSED BY SECOND HAND ASBESTOS EXPOSURE FROM ASBESTOS-CONTAINING CAR BRAKES THAT HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN REPAIRED FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, DURING WHICH SHE...
April 30, 2007 – As mesothelioma, a rare asbestos cancer, claims a third family member from Natural Bridge, a New York hamlet with only 392 residents, a lawsuit was filed today by LK’s mesothelioma...
December 18, 2006 – New York lead poisoning lawyers of Levy Konigsberg LLP and their Boston-based co-counsel Thornton & Naumes, LLP, file New York’s first lead poisoning lawsuit where defendant...
MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS FROM LEVY KONIGSBERG LLP OBTAIN THE NATION’S FIRST VERDICT OF $3.35 MILLION IN A TALC ASBESTOS CANCER LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY THE WIDOW OF A POTTERY ARTISAN FROM NEW JERSEY, WHO...
LEAD POISONING STATISTICS: DECLINE IN NEW CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING CASES According to an August 23, 2006, Medical News Today article, New York City has made significant progress in downsizing the...
NEW YORK LEAD POISONING LAWYERS FROM LEVY KONIGSBERG LLP OBTAIN A $6.9 MILLION JURY VERDICT IN A LEAD PAINT POISONING CASE INVOLVING TWO BROTHERS LEAD POISONED IN THEIR NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT. NEW...
January 19, 2006 – Tobacco lawsuit brought by the class action attorneys from Levy Konigsberg LLP on behalf of long-term Marlboro cigarette smokers from New York, seeking yearly Low Dose Cat Scans...
August 8, 2005 – New Jersey’s largest mesothelioma compensation verdict of $10 Million is awarded to a US Air Force veteran, who contracted mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure during his...
December 29, 2004 – The first-ever asbestos compensation verdict against the US welding rods industry, awarded to two LK clients last year, has been affirmed by New York State Supreme Court’s...
December 2, 2004 – Asbestos compensation verdict of $7.6 Million previously awarded to a former electrician at Brooklyn Navy Yard and mechanic at the Pfizer manufacturing plant in a mesothelioma...
November 5, 2004 – Asbestos compensation verdict of $22 Million obtained by mesothelioma lawyers from Levy Konigsberg LLP on behalf of former Brooklyn Navy Yard electrician and Merchant Marine...
August 3, 2004 – Former apprentice electrician at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Navy and Merchant Marines seaman awarded mesothelioma compensation verdict of $22 Million for their mesothelioma cancer...
July 16, 2003 – The first-ever asbestos compensation verdicts against the nation’s welding rods industry were awarded today by a New York jury in a consolidated asbestos trial involving a...
October 10, 2002 – Exxon-Mobil found by a New York jury negligent in selling its asbestos-containing thermal insulation cement without any warning about the hazards of asbestos exposure and thus...
REPRESENTED BY LK LABOR LAW ATTORNEYS, AN ORGANIZATION OF LATINO POLICE OFFICERS HAS WON CLASS ACTION STATUS IN AN EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE...
June 1, 2002 – Mesothelioma compensation verdict of $19 Million was awarded by a New York City jury to former apprentice electrician at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and maintenance mechanic at the Pfizer...