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In September, a Cook County jury awarded $363 million to an Illinois woman who developed breast cancer from her long-term exposure to ethylene oxide emissions from a medical device sterilization...
Sexual assault is a serious and pervasive problem in the United States. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), 43.6 percent of women and 24.8 percent of men will...
Lakeview Shock Incarceration Center is one of the last remaining “shock” jails in New York. In exchange for shorter sentences, incarcerated convicts agree to enter a “shock” program to discipline...
Legal Action against New York Archdiocese Levy Konigsberg’s ongoing work representing women who were sexually abused at New York prisons and jails has been profiled by the New York Daily News....
Jackson, Mississippi -- At the peak of the ongoing water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, hundreds of families gathered at the Mississippi Children’s Museum this week with attorneys and staff from...
The newly passed New York Adult Survivors Act has renewed a focus on the dark legacy of sexual abuse against female inmates at Bayview, Albion, and other New York State women’s prisons. But prisons...
Lung cancer is a severe health concern, and exposure to asbestos and cigarette smoking are two of the most common causes. When an individual is exposed to both asbestos and cigarettes, the risk of...
Survivors of sexual abuse at the women-only Albion Correctional Facility now have a one-year window to file sex abuse lawsuits regardless of how long ago the abuse occurred. The New York Adult...
Women who were sexually abused while incarcerated at New York State prisons may now have meaningful options to seek justice and compensation for their losses – including civil lawsuits filed under...
For years, there has been a suspected link between social media overuse and a higher risk of suicide and suicidal ideation among teenagers. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and...
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced that it will soon stop selling its talc-based baby powder products in all global markets next year. Thousands of consumer lawsuits are still pending...
On April 28th, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a new tobacco product standard that would prohibit the use of menthol as a “characterizing flavor” in cigarettes and...
11/29/22 Update: Levy Konigsberg has filed civil lawsuits on behalf of numerous former female inmates who were sexually abused while incarcerated at Bayview Correctional Facility. Bayview...
Talcum powder was commonly used in various baby powder and body powder products. Although Johnson & Johnson recently removed talc-based baby powder from the United States market, there are many...
Today, Levy Konigsberg won a major victory for mesothelioma victims and asbestos workers. In the Fowler case, the New Jersey Supreme Court reaffirmed that that a product manufacturer cannot escape...
For years, children of Benton Harbor, Michigan were exposed to lead-contaminated water without them or their parents knowing about this hidden danger. In the wake of the Flint Water Crisis, an...
Despite the serious risks posed by asbestos, many people remain exposed to this dangerous substance. According to a scientific study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research...
For decades, the tobacco industry has targeted African American communities and demographics with menthol cigarette ads, according to allegations and research from various health and safety groups....
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has recently signaled her support of the Adult Survivors Act, as it is currently called. The legislation, if passed, would create a one-year window to revive...
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that has been used in a variety of industries for its unique properties. Composed of long, thin fibers resistant to heat, fire, and chemicals, asbestos was...
The corporate giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is valued at more than $400 billion. But that isn’t stopping the company from utilizing a controversial bankruptcy loophole to try to avoid paying...
A settlement in the amount of $626 million was awarded to tens of thousands of victims of the lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan on November 10, 2021. The award follows the preliminary approval of...
A Boston jury awarded $43.1 million dollars to plaintiffs Louis E. Summerlin and his wife Joanna M. Summerlin (on behalf of herself and the estate of her deceased spouse) for tobacco and asbestos...
After a two and a half month consolidated trial of four plaintiffs living with peritoneal mesothelioma, a New Jersey Superior Court jury in Middlesex County unanimously found that Douglas Barden,...
I consider fighting for public health to be my professional calling. I am not a medical doctor and not a cancer researcher. But, as a trial lawyer, I consider my cases to be battles for public...
For more than 30 years, Levy Konigsberg’s (“LK”) team of experienced attorneys has worked to protect the rights of individuals and groups whose lives have been disrupted or cut short due to...
May 30, 2019 – Marking yet another major mesothelioma verdict against Johnson & Johnson, a New York City jury has awarded damages totaling $325 million dollars to Levy Konigsberg clients Donna...
Marking the second major mesothelioma verdict against Johnson & Johnson in less than a year for the firm, a California jury awarded a total of $29.5 million dollars to Levy Konigsberg clients...
Most homes built before 1975 use cast iron pipes for their sewage and water systems. Cast iron pipes can corrode internally and externally over time and cause severe damage. Policyholders are...
South Shore Furniture recalled its 3-drawer dressers sold online at Walmart, Amazon, Target and other stores after one child was killed and another child was seriously injured when the chest tipped...
The Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play Sleepers and Kids II Rocking Sleepers have been recalled after being linked to dozens of infant deaths. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) called upon the U.S....
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, January 29, 2019 – A jury in Middlesex County, New Jersey awarded $2.38 million to the widow of a manufacturing plant worker who died of mesothelioma after years of...
BOSTON, Massachusetts, October 15, 2018—In the first ever lung cancer trial involving claims of tobacco and asbestos exposure, a Boston jury awarded a total of $43.1 million dollars to plaintiffs,...
For years, lead-contaminated construction dust has inflicted serious harm on tenants in apartments throughout New York City. Lead is a highly toxic metal that was commonly used in interior and...
August 14, 2018, New York, NY — Levy Konigsberg attorney Corey Stern won a landmark legal victory for residents of New York City Housing Authority (“NYCHA”) residents who are victims of lead...
LK Partner Robert Komitor Is Interviewed and Appears on NBC New York Affiliate WNBC to Discuss the Impacts During the Height of the Disaster. Asbestos dangers lurk everywhere and may emerge at any...
SYRACUSE, New York, July 10, 2008 – Douglas Pokorney, a resident of Ithaca, NY, who from 1962 through 1965 served as a Navy boilerman aboard the USS Charles H. Roan, is awarded a mesothelioma...
For more than 45 years, Johnson & Johnson has been claiming that its baby powder was “pure” and never contained asbestos. A jury of six citizens in New Jersey strongly disagreed. In the case of...
April 11, 2018 – A New Jersey jury has awarded a total of $117 million dollars to the plaintiffs, Steve and Kendra Lanzo, for Mr. Lanzo’s mesothelioma caused by exposure from asbestos in Johnson...
A series of catastrophic railway accidents have made news headlines in the past few years, including four fatal accidents involving Amtrak trains since December 2017. The causes of these collisions...
The effect of lead exposure in children has been a national health concern for decades. There is no known level of lead in the blood that is considered safe for children. Lead exposure is associated...
The standards for lead-based paint and dust were issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2001 and have not been updated since that time. Now, an order by the United States Court of...
Families of victims of the terrorist attack on October 31, 2017 on the West Side Highway in Manhattan intend to sue the city and the state for maintaining an unsafe environment that contributed to...
Settlements and verdicts in fraud claims brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) amounted to a $3.7 billion payout to the Department of Justice in 2017. Since the FCA was amended in 1986 to enhance...
On September 20, 2017, attorneys from Levy Konigsberg earned an important legal victory from a Manhattan-based federal court in New York. Levy Konigsberg represents the estate of Mr. Jurgen...
Lead paint was banned in 1978 because lead poisoning from chipping or peeling paint is extremely dangerous to young children. Even small amounts of lead in a child’s blood can cause permanent brain...
On August 4, 2017, mesothelioma attorneys from Levy Konigsberg (“LK”) won an important legal ruling in federal court in New Jersey. The firm represents the estate of Mr. Gerald Hoffeditz who worked...
As 2017 comes to an end, we look back at a few of the highlights and lessons we learned this year. Historic Mesothelioma Jury Verdict (April 7, 2017): Levy Konigsberg (“LK”) achieved a historic...
The lead poisoning attorneys at Levy Konigsberg LLP are taking on the New York City Housing Authority (“NYCHA”) for failing to make federally and locally mandated annual lead paint inspections for...
Levy Konigsberg LLP (LK) salutes the brave men and women that put their lives in danger each day to protect our great nation. Today, on Veterans Day and each-and-every day, we acknowledge the...
The Flint Water Crisis has brought lead poisoning back into the national spotlight, decades after lead-based paint and leaded gasoline have been banned across the country. The renewed awareness of...
New York, NY, April 7, 2017 – Levy Konigsberg achieved a $16.5 million verdict against a cosmetic talc distributor in the first-of-its-kind trial on behalf of a Long Island peritoneal mesothelioma...