Top 20 Settlements in New Jersey in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 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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| 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 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $7,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Mongeluzzi, David L. Kwass, David J. Langsam of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky PC |
| Case: | Graves v. Wastquip LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Falling Object, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Crane Accident |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $6,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven G. Wigrizer, Jason S. Weiss of Wapner Newman Wigrizer Brecher & Miller |
| Case: | Wilson v. Low Bid Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Brain Injury, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $5,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garry R. Salomon, Adam B. Lederman of Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. |
| Case: | Motorcyclist v. Bus Driver, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Training |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $5,625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter Chamas of Gill & Chamas, LLC |
| Case: | Smith v. Blue Rock Construction Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall, Failure to Supervise |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $5,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barry R. Eichen, Christopher J. Conrad of Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow, LLP |
| Case: | Ward v. Aurolife Pharma, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Brain Injury, Fall, Contractor Negligence |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Claude Scott, Shannon Pedersen of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Pharmacy Malpractice, Product Liability, Defective Product |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Hennefeld, James Wong, Molly Theobald, Lindsey Rothfeder of U.S. Department of Labor |
| Case: | Acosta v. A.C.E. Restaurant Group, et al. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert B. Linder of Law Office of Robert B. Linder |
| Case: | Kan v. Rainbow Transportation Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $4,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew Calamari of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Case: | SEC v. Schantz, et al. |
| Type: | Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph H. Hunt of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. Indal Technologies |
| Type: | False Claims Act |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $3,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William O. Crutchlow of Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow, LLP |
| Case: | Jiminez v. Jersey City Med. Center, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Treatment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Failure to Monitor, Ob-Gyn Malpractice |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Abbott S. Brown, Thomas M. Comer of Lomurro, Munson, Comer, Brown & Schottland |
| Case: | Tatka v. Benitez, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Treatment, Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury |