Lead Poisoning News
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July 11, 2011 - Lead poisoning lawyer Daniel J. Woodard from Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, obtained a $4.8 Million damages award in a lead paint poisoning case on behalf of a twelve year old girl who was brain damaged as a result of exposure to lead-based paint from peeling and chipping paint in her Brooklyn apartment.
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January 27, 2011 - Lead poisoning attorney from the New York and New Jersey-based personal injury law firm of Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, obtains a settlement of $1 Million on behalf of a nine-year-old boy poisoned by lead paint at the age of two. The settlement is believed to be the largest settlement for a single lead poisoned child in the State of New Jersey.
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January 20, 2011 - Lead poisoning lawyer from the New York-based personal injury law firm of Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, obtains a settlement of $3 Million on behalf of a mother and her thirteen-year-old son poisoned by lead paint when he was three. The settlement is believed to be the largest settlement for a single lead poisoned child in New York State.
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October 24, 2008 - New York lead poisoning attorney Daniel J. Woodard of Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, wins a lead poisoning lawsuit, obtaining a verdict totaling $2,435,000.00 for a child in Bronx, New York.
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June 20, 2008 - New York lead poisoning attorney Daniel J. Woodard of Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, wins a lead poisoning lawsuit, obtaining a verdict totaling $8,500,000.00 for a child, who was 15 years old at the time of trial and 7 years old when he was first lead poisoned.
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October 19, 2007 - Lead paint lawyers Alan J. Konigsberg and Daniel J. Woodard of Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, obtained a verdict totaling $4,645,000.00 in a lead poisoning lawsuit on behalf of a child, who was 15 years old at the time of trial and 4 years old when he was poisoned from his apartment building's lead paint.
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NEW YORK, New York, September 17, 2007 - Although lead paint was banned in 1978, as a recent article in USA Today makes clear, this dangerous material, which can lead to lead paint poisoning and is known to cause adverse effects in infants and children, has yet to be safely eradicated from numerous American households.
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August 14, 2007 - The toy manufacturer Mattel, the parent company of Fisher-Price, extends its previously announced worldwide recall of approximately 1.5 million toys. As with the previous Mattel toys recall, the items being pulled from shelves may contain high levels of lead paint, which, if ingested or inhaled, can pose a serious health threat to infants and children. Included in the nine million recalled Mattel toys are Polly Pocket dolls, Batman action figures, “Sarge” toy cars, and Barbie and Tanner play sets.
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August 2, 2007 - Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, NY, announces a massive recall of approximately 967,000 toys, which may contain high levels of lead paint. This is the second major toy recall in less than three months, following in the wake of the Thomas the Tank Engine recall, to involve products that may contain lead paint and possibly pose a serious risk to children's health and mental development.
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June 20, 2007 - New York’s leading lead poisoning attorney Alan Konigsberg comments on RC2 Corporation's nationwide toy recall of various Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway toys and accessories containing high levels of lead paint, which can potentially cause lead poisoning in children.
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December 18, 2006 - New York lead poisoning lawyers of Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, and their Boston-based co-counsel Thornton & Naumes, LLP, file New York’s first lead poisoning lawsuit where defendant lead paint manufacturer was identified using forensic technology. Identifying lead paint makers allows lead poisoned victims to seek adequate compensation for their injuries from paint manufacturers, when landlords have insufficient assets or insurance.
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February 21, 2006 - New York lead poisoning lawyers from Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, obtain a $6.9 Million jury verdict in a lead paint poisoning case involving two brothers lead poisoned in their New York City apartment.
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