Verdicts & Settlements
In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation MDL No.1358, Master File C.A. 1:00-1898 (SAS) ; member of Plaintiffs' Executive Committee. National class action seeking monitoring and remediation of MTBE contamination in private drinking water wells in states where MTBE has been mandated under the Clean Air Act. (Hon. Shira A. Sheindlin ).
Civil Action No. H-89-3487; Elzina Avalos v. Atlantic Richfield Company ; in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division; lead counsel in multi-million dollar mass action settlement of personal injury and property damage claims for 1,700 persons residing near a superfund site. (Hon. David Hittner).
Civil Action No. H-92-1054; Lillian Hayden v. Atochem North America, Inc. ; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. Lead counsel in multi-million dollar class action settlement involving personal injury, medical monitoring, and property damages for 25,000 persons residing near arsenic emitting facility. (Hon. Lynn Hughes).
Civil Action No. H-84-2524; G loria Chaplin v. Exxon Company; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. Chaplin involved representation of several hundred individuals who claimed property damage and personal injury as a result of living near a toxic waste site. Chaplin was probably the first toxic waste disposal case actually tried in Harris County, Texas. (Tried to successful verdict and settled).
Civil Action No. CIV-87-561-R; Sandra K. Beall v. Senoret Chemical Company, Inc., In the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. This case involved the representation of 200 postal workers who were exposed to orth- and para-diclorobenzene, which was an ingredient in a deodorizer that was used as a cleaning solution by janitors at the downtown post office in Oklahoma City . (Tried to successful verdict and settled).
Cause No. 90-63442; Eura D. Charles v. Kings Park Apartments; In the 80th Judicial District Court of Harris County , Texas . Charles involved the improper application of Chlordane at an apartment complex. Reich and Binstock represented approximately 350 former tenants who were exposed to harmful levels of pesticide. (multi-million dollar settlement).
Civil Action No. CIV-91-2067 PHX WPC; Maurice L. McIntire v. Motorola, Inc.; In the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Multi-million dollar settlement in McInitre involved approximately 1,000 persons who instituted litigation against Motorola in connection with the facilities, which had been, designated as either state of federal super-fund sites resulting in groundwater contamination and personal injury claims. (Hon. Paul Rosenblatt).
Cause No. 39,988; Russell G. Thompson v. Walter M. Mischer Co. ; In the 284th Judicial District Court of Montgomery County, Texas, which involved approximately 500 property owners that were subjected to repeated flooding as a result of faulty engineering of the subdivision. (Contested class certification hearing followed by a multi-million dollar settlement).
Cause No. 93-5767-B; Julian Simms, Jr. v. Amerada Hess Corporation; In the 117th Judicial District Court of Nueces County , Texas . Co-lead counsel for approximately 4,000 property owners who complained of groundwater contamination and air pollution associated with releases from several refineries and petrochemical processing plants in the area. (Highly complex case yielding multi-million dollar settlement).
Cause No. 92-13768-H; Emma J. Adams v. RSR Corporation ; In the 160th Judicial District Court of Dallas , Texas . Co-lead counsel in multi-million dollar settlement involving lead emissions in a residential neighborhood. The plaintiffs consisted of 451 children who were exposed to heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, and cadmium that were emitted from a poorly controlled battery recycling plant.
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