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Pharmaceutical Drug & Medical Devices

  • Avandia causing heart attacks and deaths related to the heart
  • Access Cardiosystems Emergency Defibrillator Failures
  • Hormone Replacement Drug Therapy (Prempro) causing blood clots and stroke
  • Zocor causing rhabdomyolosis and myopathy
  • Levoxyl causing hyperthyroidism
  • DePuy Hip prosthesis failure
  • Serzone causing liver failure
  • Bextra causing heart attack, stroke, other cardiovascular events or skin disease
  • Permax/Pergolide causing heart valve disease
  • Mercury-containing Thimersol causing autism
  • Orthovera Birth Control Patch causing skin disease
  • Celebrex causing heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular events
  • Guidant Corp. Cardiac Defibrillators and Implantable Defibrillators

Toxic Tort and Environmental

  • Birth defects and cancer caused by exposure to chemicals used in clean rooms during semiconductor chip manufacturing
  • State and Indian tribe claims for damage to natural resources such as drinking water supplies when hazardous waste "cleanups" fail to restore the natural resource
  • Drinking water contamination from chemical spills and dumping causing cancer and other serious illness
  • Benzene-containing products such as solvents and parts' cleaners causing leukemia and myeloma
  • Silica dust exposure causing silicosis
  • Pressure treated wood/Cromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) causing cancer

Childhood Lead Poisoning

  • Public nuisance lawsuits against lead paint manufacturers on behalf of states, municipalities and school districts for hazards created by lead paint

Mesothelioma and Asbestos

  • Claims against insurance companies for failing to provide coverage
  • Claims against respirator manufacturers for not protecting against asbestos

Insurance Bad Faith

  • Statutory direct action claims against insurance companies for failing to promptly, fairly and equitably settle claims against their insureds, where their insureds' liability was reasonably clear.

Class Action Litigation

  • Claims against The TJX Companies (parent company for Marshalls, T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods, & A.J. Wright stores) for fraud and identity theft resulting from the breach of their computer systems containing customer's personal and financial information.

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