Top 10 Settlements in New Jersey in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 settlements obtained in New Jersey in the year 2018. The list is comprised of various case types that were filed either in state or federal courts.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Settlements in New Jersey in 2018) you have also made the list of Top 20 Settlements in New Jersey in 2018.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $358,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tara D. Sutton of Robins Kaplan LLP; Adam M. Slater of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman LLC; Troy A. Rafferty of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A.; Christopher L. Coffin of Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, LLP |
| Case: | In Re Benicar Products Liability Litigation |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Pharmacy Malpractice, Product Liability |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $225,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher S. Porrino, Richard F. Engel of Attorney General of the State of NJ; Allan Kanner, Elizabeth B. Petersen, Allison Brouk (Shipp) of Kanner & Whiteley, L.L.C |
| Case: | NJ DEP v. Exxon Mobil Corp. |
| Type: | Pollution, Nuisance, Environmental Protection, Natural Resources, Trespass, Strict Liability |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $196,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gurbir Grewal of Attorney General of the State of NJ |
| Case: | Grewal v. Equilon Enterprises, et al. |
| Type: | Pollution, Toxic Exposure, Environmental Protection, Clean Water Act |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $62,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith J. Miller, Michael J. Gesualdo, Leda Dunn Wettre of Robinson Miller LLC; Paul J. Andre, Lisa Kobialka, Hannah Lee, Harold Storey, Geoffrey G. Hu, Donald L. Rhoads of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP |
| Case: | Depomed v. Purdue Pharma, et al. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $43,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laurence M. Deutsch, Shanon J. Carson, Jacob M. Polakoff of Berger & Montague PC; Joseph G. Sauder, Matthew D. Schelkopf, Joseph B. Kenney of Sauder Schelkopf, LLC |
| Case: | Cole, et al. v. NIBCO Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Product Liability, Property Damage, Defective Product, Negligent Tort |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $14,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James E. Cecchi of Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello, P.C; James W. Johnson of Labaton Sucharow LLP; Nicholas I. Porritt of Levi & Korsinsky, LLP |
| Case: | In Re PTC Therapeutics Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud, Intentional Misrepresentation, Omission of Material Facts |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James A. Harrod of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP |
| Case: | ATRS v. CommVault |
| Type: | Class Action, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan E. Levitt, Michelle L. Greenberg, Lucas W. Morgan of Frier Levitt, LLC |
| Case: | Dertouzos v. NJ Transit |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $9,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kara M. Wolke of Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP |
| Case: | Zacharia, et al. v. Straight Path Communications, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud, Omission of Material Facts |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $8,225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Gallardo, John J. Ratkowitz of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Criollo v. Clark Developers, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Contractor Negligence |