Top 50 Settlements in New York in 2017
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $7,200,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William J. Baer of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. Deutsche Bank |
| Type: | Securities Fraud |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $165,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joel P. Laitman, Christopher Lometti, Michael Eisenkraft of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC |
| Case: | NJ Carpenters Health Fund, et al. v. Novastar Mortgage Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $141,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vincent Briganti, Raymond P. Girnys, Geoffrey M Horn, Peter D. St. Phillip of Lowey Dannenberg, PC |
| Case: | Laydon v. Mizuho Bank Ltd., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $95,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William Yalen, Christine S. Poscablo, Natasha Waglow Teleanu, Anthony J. Sun, Ellen M. London of Office of the Attorney General, NY |
| Case: | USA v. Deutsche Bank A.G., et al. |
| Type: | Fraudulent Conveyance, Tax Fraud |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $74,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Nelson Thomas of Thomas & Solomon LLP |
| Case: | US v. PHH Corp. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Qui Tam |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $56,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gerald M. Cohen, Joshua P. Fitch of Cohen & Fitch LLP; Stephen Neuwirth, Elinor C. Sutton of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP |
| Case: | Stinson v. City Of New York |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Conspiracy, Fraud, Police Misconduct, Unreasonable Search and Seizure |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $54,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joon H. Kim, Arastu K. Chaudhury of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | U.S. v. Carecore National LLC, et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Qui Tam |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $43,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Henry Gradstein, Maryann R. Marzano of Gradstein & Marzano, P.C. |
| Case: | Ferrick, et al. v. Spotify USA Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $35,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Grant C. Jaquith of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | USA v. Mallinckrodt LLC |
| Type: | Product Liability, CSA Violation |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $31,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joel H. Bernstein, Ira A. Schochet, Eric D. Gottlieb of Labaton Sucharow LLP |
| Case: | Weston v. RCS Capital Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $28,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lester R. Hooker of Saxena White, P.A. |
| Case: | Benefit Funds v. Brixmor Property Group Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $22,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul J. Edelstein, Daniel A. Thomas, Glenn K. Faegenburg, Arthur Blyakher of The Edelsteins, Faegenburg & Brown LLP |
| Case: | Abdusalamov v. State of NY |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barry R. Strutt, John W. Keegan, Jr. of Keegan, Keegan & Strutt, LLP |
| Case: | Suarez v. State of NY, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Brain Injury |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $19,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Fitapelli, Brian S. Schaffer, Frank J. Mazzaferro of Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP; Justin M. Swartz, Sally J. Abrahamson of Outten & Golden, LLP |
| Case: | Flood v. Carlson Restaurants Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $15,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Li Yu; Jean-David Barnea of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | Mahoney v. Endo Health Solutions Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Class Action, False Advertising, Negligent Misrepresentation, Product Liability, Unjust Enrichment |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $14,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adrienne D. McEntee, Beth E. Terrell, Mary B. Reiten of Terrell Marshall Law Group |
| Case: | Melito, et al. v. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, TCPA |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $14,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joel H. Bernstein, Ira A. Schochet, Nicole M. Zeiss, Eric D. Gottlieb of Labaton Sucharow LLP |
| Case: | In Re Fifth Street Finance Corp. Securities Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $13,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Li Yu, Monica P. Folch of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | USA v. US Bioservices Corp. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Kickbacks |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $13,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark E. Weinberger of The Law Offices of Mark E. Weinberger P.C. |
| Case: | Dayaram v. Landi, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc E. Kasowitz, Sheron Korpus, Sarmad M. Khojasteh of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP |
| Case: | Grimstad v. Ipayment Holdings Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conspiracy, Economic Loss |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $9,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David N. Ellenhorn, David E. Nachman, Manisha M. Sheth, Katherine C. Milgram, Matthew Woodruff, Armen Morian, Tanya Trakht of Office of the Attorney General, NY |
| Case: | Schneiderman v. Greenberg, et al. |
| Type: | Securities Fraud |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $7,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric T. Schneiderman of Office of the Attorney General, NY |
| Case: | Schneiderman v. 184th Street Pharmacy, et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $6,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas E. DeLorenzo, Cory Ross Dalmata of DeLorenzo, Grasso & Dalmata |
| Case: | Miller v. Rent-A-Center East Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall, Ladder Accident |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $6,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew T. Gammons of Rosenbaum & Rosenbaum PC |
| Case: | Mother 24 Weeks into Term v. Ob/Gyn, et al. |
| Type: | Birth Injury, Failure to Diagnose, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury, Failure to Treat |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael H. Sussman of Sussman & Associates |
| Case: | Henry, et al. v. Hess, et al. |
| Type: | Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Gunshot, Police Brutality |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kathleen P. Kettles of Wingate Russotti Shapiro & Halperin, LLP |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. NYCHHC |
| Type: | Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Failure to Treat |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey A. Block, S. Joseph Donahue of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Rios, et. al. v. NYCHHC, et. al. |
| Type: | Birth Injury, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury, Ob-Gyn Malpractice |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $5,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven E. North of North & Deutsch LLP |
| Case: | Rajwant v. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Treatment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lourdes Rosado, Alvin Bragg, Jessica Attie, Laura Wood, Diane Lucas, Anjana Samant, Ajay Saini of Office of the Attorney General, NY |
| Case: | Schneiderman v. Croman, et al. |
| Type: | Fraud, Landlord-Tenant, Tenant Harassment |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jay W. Dankner, Edward A. Ruffo of Dankner, Milstein, PC |
| Case: | Tuhi v. NYCHHC |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $4,593,180.00 |
| Attorneys: | William P. Weininger of Birbrower & Beldock, PC |
| Case: | B.N., Pro Ami v. Allen, et al. |
| Type: | Birth Injury, Delayed Childbirth Delivery, Medical Malpractice, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David B. Golomb of Law Offices of David B. Golomb |
| Case: | Plaintiff Patient v. Defendant Urologist, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $4,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gerald G. Arze, Raymond J. Mollica of Arze & Mollica, LLP |
| Case: | Herrera v. Dependable Transport Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $4,392,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey K. Powell of Office of the Attorney General, NY |
| Case: | USA, et al. v. VNS Choice Community Care, et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud, Qui Tam |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $4,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas E. Tzaneteas of Weser & Weser, P.C. |
| Case: | Wilks v. Mecc Contracting Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $4,190,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aaron Chase, Jordan Adler, Noah Stein of Office of the Attorney General, NY |
| Case: | Schneiderman v. Renaissance Ventures LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Ticket Scalping, Unlicensed Activity |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David T. Cohen, Kenneth M. Abell of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA, et al. v. The Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud, Qui Tam |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rose M. Day, Eric S. Hack of Day & Associates, P.C. |
| Case: | Hanley v. John Doe |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eleni Coffinas of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C. |
| Case: | Okai, et al. v. Ho |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Failure to Treat |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Francis X. Young of Law Offices of Francis X. Young, PLLC |
| Case: | Dedona v. Nychhc, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Treatment, Medical Malpractice, Professional Negligence, Wrongful Death |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph G. Dell of Dell & Dean, PLLC |
| Case: | Halvorsen v. Baybrent Construction Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Failure to Maintain, Equipment Malfunction |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $3,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ira M. Press, Meghan J. Summers of Kirby McInerney, LLP |
| Case: | Rudman, et al. v. CHC Group Ltd., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $3,802,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua D. Kelner of Kelner & Kelner |
| Case: | Echevarria v. City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Death, Denial of Medical Care, Prison Negligence, Negligent Training |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $3,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Payne of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Trochez v. Church of St. Stephen |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Fall, Construction Defect |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Altagracia M. Nunez of Altagracia Nunez & Associates PC |
| Case: | Estrada v. El Barrio Artspace, et. al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Work Accident |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph A. Rossi, Jr. of Kammholz Law PLLC |
| Case: | Foxhall v. Oldcastle Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James T. Scime, Laraine Kelley of Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Pohrte v. Ford Motor Co., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Defective Product |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chad A. Readler, James P. Kennedy of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. Arsenal Contracting LLC, et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Gunzburg of Michael Gunzburg, P.C. |
| Case: | Velazquez v. Gettinger |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Hurwitz, Stephen J. Murphy of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Capizzi v. Empire State Building Associates LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Fall, Ladder Accident |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $2,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mitchell R. Kahn, Kenneth J. Halperin of Wingate Russotti Shapiro & Halperin, LLP |
| Case: | Espinoza, et al. v. Saint Teresa’s Roman Catholic Church, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Fall, Ladder Accident |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ingrid H. Heide of Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman PC |
| Case: | A.A.A., Pro Ami v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. |
| Type: | Hospital Malpractice, Personal Injury, Failure to Treat |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Dalli of Dalli & Marino, LLP |
| Case: | Dorador v. Trump, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Scaffolding Accident |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael E. Jaffe of Pazer, Epstein, Jaffe & Fein, P.C |
| Case: | Gragnaniello v. County of Westchester |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Fall, Ladder Accident |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Heidi L. Wickstrom of The Pillersdorf Law Firm |
| Case: | A.D. v. New York City Transit Auth. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick J. Mullaney of Mullaney & Gjelaj |
| Case: | Reyes v. 105-05 69th Avenue LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James P. Fitzgerald, John M. Daly of The Fitzgerald Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | J.P., Pro Ami v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. |
| Type: | Birth Injury, Delayed Childbirth Delivery, Delayed Diagnosis, Delayed Treatment, Hospital Malpractice, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Terrence M. Connors, Lawlor F. Quinlan, III of Connors LLP |
| Case: | Annalora v. Niagara County |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $2,720,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amy Insler of Bonina and Bonina, P.C. |
| Case: | J.K., Pro Ami v. USA, et al. |
| Type: | Birth Injury, Failure to Diagnose, Hospital Malpractice, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Failure to Treat |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $2,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven M. Weinstein of The Weinstein Law Group PLLC |
| Case: | Pachari v. Extell Development Co., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Equipment Malfunction |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $2,632,672.00 |
| Attorneys: | James P. Fitzgerald of The Fitzgerald Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | I.A., Pro Ami v. Maimonides Medical Center |
| Type: | Birth Injury, Hospital Malpractice, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Payne of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Figueierdo v. Con-Ed, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Ladder Accident |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Harry Rothenberg, Adam Drexler of The Rothenberg Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Bus Driver |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $2,490,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason M. Rubin of Wingate Russotti Shapiro & Halperin, LLP |
| Case: | M.S. v. Retailer, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product |