$192.5 Million Settlement against the Coca-Cola company for racial discrimination. Few African-Americans were allowed to advance to senior levels and top positions in the company in certain departments.
$76 Million Verdict against the New York City Police Department. Two undercover officers stopped a car with two male passengers under the mistaken suspicion they may have had drugs. Both car occupants were severely and unjustifiably beaten with one occupant receiving brain damage.
$114 Million Jury Verdict for product liability involving injury from electrical burns. The victim suffered burns and double arm amputations due to a defective aerial lift device used by electrical linemen to work on power lines.
$32.9 Million Jury Verdict for medical malpractice involving an infant. A medical professional failed to consult the attending doctor and delayed a cesarean section birth. This delay caused the infant to suffer meconium aspiration and later died due to infection.
$75 Million Settlement in personal injury and wrongful death at a work site. Scaffolding fell from the John Hancock building in Chicago. Families of wrongful death victims received 14.1% of the total and the rest was split between eleven injury claims.
$32.5 Million Settlement for passengers who were hit by a bus while riding in a van. One of the female clients required seven reconstructive surgeries and TPN intravenous nutrition for the remainder of her life due to severe internal injuries suffered during the crash.
