Cases
Experience: Representative Matters
Serves as lead counsel for a meat packing company sued in state
federal court in serious personal injury actions arising out of an coli 0157:H7 outbreak in the Northeastern United States
related recall. Also lead counsel in an action in federal court seeking to recover approximately $34 million in recall-related costs, lost profits,
lost enterprise value.
Serves as lead counsel for a national car rental company in serious personal injury actions pending in New York courts.
Serves as national litigation counsel for a Japanese pharmaceutical company
its U.S. subsidiary.
Serves as lead counsel for a national real estate developer
owner in asbestos personal injury actions pending in the NYCAL.
Represents a manufacturer of composite materials in asbestos personal injury actions pending in New York
New Jersey.
Served as national coordinating
lead trial counsel for the Robert A. Keasbey Co., a defendant in over 30,000 asbestos personal injury cases pending in the New York City Asbestos Litigation (NYCAL)
throughout the northeast United States.
Michael O'Reilly v. Robert A. Keasbey Co., et al., 103255/02 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. July 3, 2003): Obtained defense verdict following five-week trial of asbestos personal injury action seeking $60 million in damages.
Other Keasbey Trial Representations: Edward Martin v. A.O. Smith Water Prods. Co., 100016/99 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.)
Robert Lettiere v. A.C.
S., Inc., No. 113583/05 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.)
Edwin Diedrich v. AC&S, No. 118839-02 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.)
Theodore Pendergast v. A.O. Smith Water Prods. Co., No. 104850/04 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.)
Richard J. Jansen v. A.W. Chesterton Co., No. 119299/2003 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.).
Represented Lorillard Tobacco Company in asbestos personal injury actions pending in the NYCAL
other New York State Courts.
Served as lead counsel for another major real estate developer
owner in a wrongful death case pending in New York Supreme Court, County of New York.
Served as lead counsel for a national retailer sued in New York Supreme Court, County of Queens, in action alleging serious personal injury
violation of the ADA
New York Civil Rights Law.
Served as national coordinating counsel for Sears, Roebuck
Co. in Made in U.S.A. class action lawsuits brought in several states
federal courts across the country.
Obtained defense verdict on behalf of Sears, Roebuck
Co. in price match class action lawsuit pending in New York State Court.
Served as lead counsel for a U.S. pharmaceutical company in action alleging violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower statute
breach of contract. Represented medical device manufacturer in ICD litigation brought in state
federal courts in New York.
Served as lead counsel for a roofing company sued in New Jersey State Court in action alleging serious personal injury from exposure to benzene
other toxic substances.
Served as lead trial counsel for a construction company sued in New York Supreme Court, County of Queens, in a personal injury action alleging catastrophic brain injury.
Served as lead counsel for a food manufacturing company sued in New York Supreme Court, County of Kings, in action alleging serious personal injury sustained in fall from a ladder.
Obtained defense verdict on behalf of an international maritime finance company in lawsuit alleging breach of stock purchase agreements.
Obtained $10 million civil RICO award on behalf of a Korean conglomerate following a 14 day arbitration.
Served as lead counsel for Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc.
its subsidiaries in chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
Defended a manufacturer
distributor of an exterior siding material (
its parent, a multinational corporation) in class action lawsuits brought in several state
federal courts.
Served as national coordinating
trial counsel for another multinational corporation, resolving hundreds of claims involving a different building material, including a defense verdict against a major home builder in a case involving thous
s of homes in several states.
Served as national coordinating
lead trial counsel for a major film studio
subsidiary in silica litigation across the country.
Represented a U.K. cosmetic machinery
equipment manufacturer in personal injury actions in federal
state courts.
Served as special litigation counsel for a specialty coffee company in Chapter 11, h
ling various real estate disputes
shareholder litigation.
Represented a former officer of a Fortune 500 company
his start-up company in federal
state court actions alleging unfair competition
breach of an employment contract
termination agreement.
