About Larry Coben

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Larry has represented consumers against companies whose unsafe products have catastrophically injured and killed people for more than 40 years. He has obtained hundreds and hundreds of multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements across the country against foreign and domestic product manufacturers (cars and over-the-road trucks, child car seats, helmets for football, bicycling, motorcycling, etc.) in Pennsylvania, Texas, Arizona, Mississippi, New York, New Jersey, California, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Delaware, Tennessee, Maine, Ohio, New Mexico, Louisiana, Nevada, Kentucky, Connecticut, and Minnesota. In June 2024, Larry won a $20.7 million verdict against Honda for a man who sustained burns over 50% of his body due to the defective gas cap on his Honda motorcycle. Larry has received recognition as a "Top 100 Trial Lawyer" by the National Trial Lawyers® and as the 2019 "Lawyer of the Year in Philadelphia" for Products Liability by Best Lawyers®.

In addition, Larry was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for his exceptional work in Mass Tort Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, and Product Liability Litigation. He has also been consistently named a Top Lawyer in Pennsylvania by Super Lawyers® since 2011. Larry has published three leading textbooks that trial lawyers across the country rely upon in the fields of product liability and vehicle crashworthiness.

Proven verdicts and settlements

~$1 billionSettlement

Sol Weiss and Larry Coben of Anapol Weiss served as co-lead class counsel in the landmark NFL concussion multidistrict litigation, securing a settlement valued at nearly $1 billion for thousands of retired players diagnosed with serious neurological conditions.

U.S. District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania (MDL) · 2015Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
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