March 14, 2012 - Linda Reinstein’s life took an irreversible turn in 2003 when her husband Alan was diagnosed with mesothelioma. After bravely fighting this asbestos-related cancer, Alan died in 2006. Linda has transformed her personal mission to find answers into a global battle against the asbestos industry.
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February 27, 2012 - Michael Moreno and his younger brother, James, volunteered to join the US Navy in 1965 and served together on the USS Renville and USS Valley Forge through 1967. While aboard these vessels, Michael Moreno worked throughout the ships, but particularly in the engine rooms, evaporator rooms, and other areas below decks. Sadly, Michael was diagnosed with mesothelioma in June 2009 and died exactly eighteen months after the date of his diagnosis.
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February 22, 2012 - Bonnie Anderson is a 10-year survivor of peritoneal mesothelioma. It has been a decade-long fight that began with her diagnosis in February 2002 and a fight that Bonnie still wages on a daily basis. Bonnie also zealously advocates for countless others exposed to asbestos in an effort that has become her life's work.
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February 22, 2012 - In a landmark decision issued today, the New York Supreme Court held that a federal statute does not block a plaintiff’s right to sue for her asbestos-related injury under New York law. The decision marks the first time that this issue has been decided in a state court, and is a monumental victory for similarly-situated plaintiffs who wish to bring an asbestos lawsuit in New York state courts.
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February 9, 2012 - Last week, Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP ("LPK"), scored a legal victory for the family of a veteran of the United States Navy and, at the same time, protected the rights of veterans nationwide suffering from asbestos-related diseases. The victory came after two large military contractors, Westinghouse Corporation (now owned by CBS) and General Electric filed a first of its kind motion asking a federal court to dismiss a claim of a Navy veteran before any evidence could even be presented.
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February 1, 2012 - Last year was marked by success for Levy Phillips & Konigsberg LLP, as a number of the firm’s esteemed members, as well as the firm itself, have garnered acclaim from top legal publications for their excellence in public service, further establishing LPK as one of the nation’s premier law firms.
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January 31, 2012 - Pfizer Inc. announces a voluntary recall of certain lots of Lo/Ovral-28 (norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) birth control pills and Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol (generic) contraceptive pills that were distributed to retail pharmacies, warehouses, and clinics in the United States.
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January 30, 2012 - Stop Mesothelioma names Erica Iacono and Janice Malkotsis Advocates of the Month for January 2012 for organizing the annual 5K Walk/Run for Hope, an event that raises money for the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF).
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January 11, 2012 - LPK has recently filed an asbestos lawsuit in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of a retired automobile mechanic and his wife of 52 years. The plaintiff, recently diagnosed with mesothelioma, was exposed to asbestos during the 1950s through the 1980s while performing auto repair work including brake and clutch repair, general automotive repair involving replacement of asbestos-containing gaskets, as well as mufflers lined with asbestos. He was also exposed to asbestos from joint compound/joint cement while performing drywall work on various homes during this time period.
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January 4, 2012 - Stop Mesothelioma, a Facebook page created and sponsored by Levy Phillips & Konigsberg LLP ("LPK"), has raised another $10,000 for mesothelioma research and efforts to ban asbestos. This brings the current total to over $50,000 based on LPK’s pledge to donate $1 for every "Like" the page receives up to $100,000. LPK has donated the most recent $10,000 to the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization ("ADAO"), a leading non-profit organization dedicated to giving a voice to victims of asbestos-related diseases.
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December 28, 2011 - Brendan J. Tully, a mesothelioma attorney from the law firm of Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP ("LPK"), recently won a $2.5 Million verdict for the family of the late Lloyd "Barry" Benton, a Vietnam veteran, who died from mesothelioma at the age of 56. The trial was against John Crane Inc., a multi-national company that made and sold asbestos products that Mr. Benton used in the Navy and throughout his career as a union pipefitter.
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December 21, 2011- In a decision issued today, the Honorable Joseph H. Rodriguez of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled that a bi-state commuter railroad cannot remove an asbestos victim’s state-based mesothelioma lawsuit simply because the railroad runs between two states.
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December 20, 2011 - The mesothelioma lawsuit of a retired flooring mechanic is now assigned to a judge for a jury trial in New York City. During a career that spanned over 30 years, the plaintiff installed flooring, including asbestos-containing floor tiles and linoleum. As a result of being exposed to the asbestos contained in those products, he has recently been diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma, a deadly cancer caused by asbestos exposure.
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December 16, 2011 - Elizabeth Henderson and her son, Bruce Henderson, worked in their family's automotive shops in Louisiana between the 1950s and 1980s. During that period, both had significant exposure to asbestos-containing gaskets and clutches manufactured by Dana Companies LLC and Zoom Performance Products. As result, both died of mesothelioma in 2008 and 2010, respectively.
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December 13, 2011 - Missy Dorsey Bowles is taking a stand. Driven by faith and the memory of her father, she has become one of the most passionate advocates of mesothelioma research and awareness in her home state of West Virginia, having raised close to $30,000 in the last two years for the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. For her inspiring display of determination and altruism, she is the Stop Mesothelioma Advocate of the Month for December 2011.
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December 1, 2011 - New York Supreme Court denies Defendant Pfizer Inc.'s ("Pfizer") Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' action in Mahon v. Pfizer. This lawsuit involves an infant plaintiff suffering from severe birth defects, which Plaintiffs allege result from his mother's wrongful exposure to a known reproductive toxin during her pregnancy, while working at a Pfizer research and development facility.
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December 1, 2011 - Today, medical malpractice attorneys from Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, Diane Paolicelli and Daniel J. Woodard obtained a verdict in the amount of $7,520,679.00 in favor of their clients Jennifer Luna and Alan Luna in Supreme Court, Suffolk County, in a medical negligence lawsuit involving the delayed diagnosis of Mrs. Luna’s medullary thyroid cancer.
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November 16, 2011 - Three New York nursing homes agree to repay more than $745,000 to New York State for alleged bed-billing fraud schemes. Whistleblower represented by the qui tam law firm Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, receives a $111,000-plus reward for reporting the nursing homes’ false billing.
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November 15, 2011 - For his dedication to the mesothelioma community, Larry Davis has been named Stop Mesothelioma's first "Advocate of the Month." Stop Mesothelioma is a Facebook project created and sponsored by Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP ("LPK Law"), which pledges to donate $1 to mesothelioma research and efforts to ban asbestos for every "Like" the page receives up to $100,000.
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November 14, 2011 - In just one week, a new Facebook page called Stop Mesothelioma has raised $40,000 in an unprecedented social media campaign. Levy Phillips & Konigsberg LLP ("LPK"), the creator and sponsor of the page, has pledged to donate $1 to mesothelioma research and efforts to ban asbestos for every "Like" the page receives up to $100,000.
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November 14, 2011 - A nationwide shareholder derivative and class action suit has been filed by the class action attorneys from Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, and Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, P.C., on behalf of shareholders suing The AXA Group over excessive and unreasonable investment management fees.
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November 11, 2011 - The Office of the Solicitor of the Department of Labor filed an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in which the Solicitor of Labor argues that the Employees Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 502(a)(2) does not require that 401(k) plan participants and beneficiaries to first make a demand upon plan trustees before bringing a suit for breach of fiduciary duty.
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November 9, 2011 - Members of the mesothelioma community showed the enormous power of social media by raising more than $10,000 in 24 hours on a new Facebook page called Stop Mesothelioma. Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP ("LPK"), the sponsor of the page, has pledged to donate $1 to mesothelioma research and efforts to ban asbestos for every "Like" the page receives up to $100,000.
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November 1, 2011 - Whistleblower attorneys at Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, help uncover pervasive 10-year fraud on American taxpayers, perpetrated by the City of New York, winning a $14.7 Million reward for the firm's qui tam client, a physician who helped U.S. taxpayers recover $70 Million by sparking federal investigation into City’s alleged Medicaid fraud scheme.
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September 26, 2011 - LPK's mesothelioma lawyers and staff members joined volunteers from the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation at the second annual rally held outside of NBC's Today Show studios to commemorate National Mesothelioma Awareness Day to spread the word about asbestos and mesothelioma.
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September 1, 2011 - In a qui tam lawsuit, filed by whistleblower attorneys from Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, alleging multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud on the part of the City of New York, Federal Judge affirmed all claims and rejected the defendant NYC's attempts to dismiss them on technical grounds.
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August 18, 2011 - Today, the New York Appellate Division, First Department, announced two decisions which will greatly influence the pre-trial process for two mesothelioma clients of Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, and could also beneficially impact future lawsuits brought by asbestos victims and their families in the State of New York.
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July 28, 2011 - Today, a Federal Magistrate Judge in the U.S. Judicial Panel on Asbestos Products Liability Multi-District Litigation recommended the denial of summary judgment for defendant Crane, Co., in an asbestos lawsuit1 filed by the law firm of Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, on behalf of a career submariner in the U.S. Navy who is suffering from mesothelioma.
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July 25, 2011 - Birth defects lawsuit brought by Dominican families in Delaware Superior Court against a US-based power company, for allegedly dumping toxic coal ash waste onto a beach in the Dominican Republic, is set to proceed to trial after the defendants' motion to dismiss the case was denied.
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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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May 31, 2011 - New York medical malpractice lawyers from Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, obtain a $3 Million settlement on behalf of a 57-year-old woman whose breast cancer was misdiagnosed allowing the cancer to spread to her bones and brain and nearly taking away her life.
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May 27, 2011 – A nationwide class action has been filed on behalf of potentially thousands of ERISA retirement plan participants who may have been overcharged fees in connection with the division of their retirement benefits during their divorce.
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April 7, 2011 - Mesothelioma attorneys from Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, speak at the 4th Annual Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation Conference in Chicago, Illinois, which gathered over two hundred lawyers representing mesothelioma victims, asbestos companies, and insurers from across the nation.
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March 23, 2011 - Hundreds of people are expected to gather for the 3rd annual Norm Kulig 2Young2Go Foundation Get the Lead Out Race, which is to take place on April 2, 2011, at the Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Pennsylvania. The event raises money for the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, a non-profit organization that funds research for treatment and cure for mesothelioma, and the University of Pennsylvania Lung Center, a medical research facility working on finding a cure for mesothelioma.
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March 23, 2011 - New York Supreme Court Justice upholds recommendation of the Asbestos Litigation Special Master directing the immediate production of records in the possession of a pump manufacturer in mesothelioma lawsuit brought by a retired New York City Housing Authority police officer.
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March 11, 2011 - A nationwide shareholder derivative suit has been filed by the class action attorneys from Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, on behalf of five shareholders suing The Hartford Group mutual funds over excessive shareholder-service fees.
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March 8, 2011 - Federal Judge in the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, rules that future damages in actions under Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act are recoverable.
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February 28, 2011 - Hundreds of people are expected to gather for the 6th Annual 5K Walk/Run for Hope, which is to take place on April 10, 2011, in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, Long Island. The event is to raise money for the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, a non-profit organization that funds research for treatment and cure for mesothelioma. Mesothelioma lawyers of Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, are proud supporters of the event, one of several sponsored by the firm this year.
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February 10, 2011 - New Jersey Superior Court Judge orders a paint manufacturer, which was named in a mesothelioma lawsuit as a discovery-only defendant, to produce documents shedding light to the cancer-causing asbestos exposure by a former employee of the company.
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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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