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Over 600 children living in Jackson, Mississippi filed suit against the capital city Tuesday. The complaint alleges city officials blatantly disregarded warnings about water safety, corrosion,...
The California Court of Appeal, First District, recently affirmed a jury verdict awarding Plaintiffs Teresa Leavitt and her husband, Dean J. McElroy, $29 million in compensatory damages against...
Levy Konigsberg successfully opposed Johnson & Johnson’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff Karlene Holleman’s claim that the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder caused her to develop...
In February 2021, North Texas experienced some of the coldest and most extreme weather it has seen in decades. As arctic air devastated the state, the operator of Texas’s electrical grid, the...
In 2019, the New York Legislature took a landmark step in protecting the rights of victims of childhood sexual abuse by extending the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse lawsuits....
August 20, 2020, Flint, Michigan—Today, media outlets confirmed a $600,000,000 settlement by the State of Michigan to resolve Plaintiffs’ claims against state officials. The settlement resolves all...
New York, August 3, 2020—Today, Governor Cuomo signed into law a one-year extension of the “look back window” created by the historic New York Child Victims Act (CVA). Survivors of child sex abuse...
Lithium-ion batteries provide many conveniences to consumers. They are used widely for portable devices because they are lightweight and do not require frequent re-charging. In many devices,...
6/3/20 – Today the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its decision in Whelan v. Armstrong International, Inc., a lawsuit brought on behalf of a former residential and commercial plumber and automobile...
Delaware, June 3, 2020—Last week, a Delaware Bankruptcy Court issued an order requiring all sex abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America to be filed with the bankruptcy court by November 16,...
New York, May 29, 2020—Levy Konigsberg attorneys Corey Stern and Renner Walker successfully opposed a pair of motions to dismiss filed by the Rockefeller University Hospital in federal court. A...
Many people are asking how the recent decision of Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) to remove talc from baby powder will affect present and future claims for mesothelioma based on exposure to...
The announcement by Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) that it will no longer sell baby powder with talc in the United States and Canada is a victory for public health. It is also a victory that...
Flint, Michigan – On Wednesday, April 26, 2020, Levy Konigsberg attorneys Corey Stern and Renner Walker defeated a motion to dismiss filed by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The federal...
New York, New York, April 10, 2020—Yesterday, a panel for the First Department of New York’s Supreme Court, Appellate Division handed down a landmark ruling affirming a jury verdict in an...
Today a jury in New Jersey Superior Court Middlesex County awarded $750 million dollars in punitive damages to four plaintiffs whose mesothelioma was caused by exposure to Johnson & Johnson’s...
Levy Konigsberg LLP partner Moshe Maimon has received the Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” award for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs in New York City. This award will be featured...
How Does Business Interruption Insurance Work? Business interruption insurance policies are designed to protect businesses in the event of circumstances that disrupt normal functioning. Interruption...
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...
Providence, RI, March 16, 2017 – Today, Levy Konigsberg announced an important legal victory for the family of a man, James Stevens, who developed mesothelioma as the result of his asbestos exposure...
New York, NY, February 23, 2017 – Today, Levy Konigsberg announced that it received payment of $7.98 million for a client who died from mesothelioma as the result of asbestos exposure at one of New...
Motor Vehicle Accidents are one of the highest causes of death in the United States. While we may never be able to eliminate motor vehicle accidents due to human error, Congress has taken a huge...
The fiscal Year 2016 proved another strong year for the False Claims Act. With a total recovery of more than $4.7 billion this year, the Government has recovered more than $31 billion since 2009. Of...
A new study by University of Iowa professor Jaron H. Wilde confirms the importance of whistleblowers in deterring corporate misconduct. The New York Times published an article this week highlighting...
Recently, we discussed how the SEC was investigating Wells Fargo regarding the bank’s fraudulent practice of opening up bank accounts without customers’ knowledge. (If you’d like to read that...
Since its humble beginnings following the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Act of 2010, the SEC Whistleblower Program has continuously proven to be a powerful force against fraud and a...
THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL INTERVIEWS LK CLASS ACTION ATTORNEY JEROME H. BLOCK IN CONNECTION WITH THE RECENTLY FILED TOBACCO CLASS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST PHILLIP MORRIS USA BY LONG-TIME MARLBORO...
Today the Circuit Court of Genesee County in Flint, Michigan distributed the first Case Management Order to govern the Flint Water Litigation. The Case Management Order states that it “applies to...
BHP BILLITON PAYS $25 MILLION FOR FAILING TO HAVE ADEQUATE INTERNAL PROCEDURES IN ILLEGAL QUID PRO QUO AGREEMENT WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. In 2015, BHP Billiton, the Australian based mining...
My oldest son Charlie is thirteen. For his entire life, I have been representing people with mesothelioma. It is hard for any child to understand the work of a parent outside the home. I have also...
There is an emerging soil crisis in East Chicago, Indiana, which has a population of about 30,000 people and sits less than 25 miles east of Chicago, Illinois. As early as 2009 city, state, and...
CHECK OUT THE REQUIREMENTS BELOW TO SEE IF THE WINNING CONTRACTOR MET THE CRITERIA TO BE ELIGIBLE. IF IT WASN’T, YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REWARD FOR REPORTING THIS FRAUD. The set-aside and sole...
Judge John Corbett O’Meara issued an order today, clearly stating that there is no federal jurisdiction for the cases thus far filed by New York-based law firm Levy Konigsberg LLP, and the...
WHISTLEBLOWERS BE AWARE – AS THE PANAMA PAPERS SHOW, THE RICH AND POWERFUL STILL THINK THEY CAN HIDE THEIR ASSETS FROM THEIR GOVERNMENTS TO AVOID PAYING TAXES. April 8, 2016 – Recently, an anonymous...
LEVY KONIGSBERG LLP, A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ASBESTOS AND MESOTHELIOMA LAW FIRM, WON THE MOTION IN THIS FEDERAL CASE PENDING IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. On March 21, 2016, Levy Konigsberg LLP defeated...
March 17, 2016 – Today, twelve families joined Lee-Anne Walters and Tammy Loren, in filing individual lawsuits in the Circuit Court of Genesee County in Flint, Michigan, on behalf of 25 children who...
Today Lee-Anne Walters filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Genesee County in Flint, Michigan, on behalf of her four children who were lead poisoned by water in Michigan’s 7th largest City. Mrs....
IF YOU HAVE EVIDENCE THAT A BANK OR MORTGAGE LENDER HAS DEFRAUDED THE GOVERNMENT BY FRAUDULENTLY REPRESENTING THAT LOANS QUALIFY FOR GOVERNMENT INSURANCE OR INFLATING THE APPRAISAL OF HOMES THAT HAS...
WHISTLEBLOWERS TAKE NOTE: THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS FORMED A NEW ENFORCEMENT UNIT CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING FEDERAL STUDENT AID FRAUD. WHISTLEBLOWER REWARDS FOR REPORTING...
NEW YORK, New York, September 17, 2007 – Although lead paint was banned in 1978, as a recent article in USA Today makes clear, this dangerous material, which can lead to lead paint poisoning and is...
FEBRUARY 5, 2016 – AT LEAST 1 PERSON WAS KILLED AND 15 PEOPLE INJURED AFTER A MOBILE CRANE COLLAPSED ONTO A BUSY STREET IN TRIBECA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE CRANE FELL ONTO WORTH ST., SPANNING NEARLY...
COREY STERN, AN ATTORNEY AT LEVY KONIGSBERG LLP WHO PROSECUTES LEAD POISONING CASES ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN NATIONWIDE, AND WHO REPRESENTS SIX INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE LEAD POISONED AS A RESULT OF...
THE FEDERAL FALSE CLAIMS ACT CONTINUES TO BE THE GOVERNMENT’S BEST WEAPON IN COMBATING FRAUD AGAINST GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, GENERATING $3.5 BILLION IN RECOVERIES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2015. It was...
HONORABLE PETER MOULTON RULED ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2015 THAT A PLAINTIFFS’ ASBESTOS LUNG CANCER CASE CAN PROCEED TO A JURY AGAINST DEFENDANT AURORA PUMP COMPANYHonorable Peter Moulton ruled on December...
Flint, Michigan residents faced dangerous lead exposure in their drinking water for over a year. Levy Konigsberg LLP attorney Corey Stern discusses the lawsuits filed on their behalf, challenging government protections and advocating for justice. Contact Levy Konigsberg for a free consultation if you suspect lead poisoning.
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 – BETWEEN OCTOBER 14, 2015 AND NOVEMBER 10, 2015, LEAD POISONING LAWYERS COREY STERN AND DANIEL WEISS FROM THE NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY-BASED PERSONAL INJURY LAW...
LEVY KONIGSBERG ATTORNEYS WON A $7 MILLION VERDICT TODAY FOR THE FAMILY OF JOAN ROBUSTO AGAINST WHITAKER, CLARK & DANIELS IN NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, November 25, 2015 – Levy...
The National Law Journal in association with Law.com has honored Levy Konigsberg LLP on its annual list of “Elite Trial Lawyers”. This award is bestowed on only 50 law firms each year after a...
Mesothelioma lawyers from Levy Konigsberg represented the plaintiff in this case. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 13, 2015 – A New Jersey judge has ruled* in favor of allowing the expert witness for a...