Bernstein Liebhard LLP Named to The National Law Journal’s 2014 “Plaintiffs Hot List” – The Only Firm in the Country to Be Named for Twelve Consecutive Years
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Auto Body, Inc. v.Hartford Fire Insurance Co. , No. X08-CV-03-0196141S (CLD) (Conn. Super. Ct.): In one of the few class action cases to go to trial, the firm obtained the largest punitive damages award ($20 million ) in the history ofConnecticut's Unfair Trade Practices Act. The award stems from a four-week jury trial where partnerRonald J. Aranoff , as co-lead counsel, won a verdict of$14.7 million for a class of hundreds of auto body repair shops to recover for the harm caused by TheHartford Fire Insurance Company's illegal practice of artificially suppressing labor rates for auto body repair workers and illegally steering its insureds to a closed network of preferred auto body repair shops. - In re Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation - Gross v.
Gynecare Inc ., No. ATL-L-6966-10 (N.J. Super . Ct.): Partner Jeffrey S. Grand was a member of the trial team that successfully tried the first case against defendantsEthicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson in the In re Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare litigation. The jury found for the plaintiff, awarding more than$11 million in compensatory and punitive damages. The trial paves the way for similar cases which have been brought in both federal and state courts. - In re Beacon Associates Litigation, No. 09 CIV 0777 (LBS) (AJP) (S.D.N.Y.): As Investor Counsel representing investors in hedge funds that invested with
Bernard L. Madoff , partnerJeffrey M. Haber , working with lead counsel,Lowey, Dannenberg, Cohen & Hart, P.C. , secured a$219 million settlement for the classes they represented. The$219 million settlement resolves claims in the In re Beacon Associates Litigation and In reJ.P. Jeanneret Associates . Inc., No. 09 CIV 3907 (CM) (AJP) (S.D.N.Y.) class actions, as well as additional lawsuits in federal andNew York State court, including suits brought by theUnited States Department of Labor and theNew York Attorney General.
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