Proven verdicts
Levy Konigsberg LLP Verdicts and Settlements
11 documented case results from Levy Konigsberg LLP. Each is verified by our editorial team, with sources cited.
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$325 million verdict ($25 million compensatory plus $300 million punitive; reduced to $120 million by the trial court in November 2020; reversed and judgment entered for Johnson & Johnson in July 2022)$325 Million Talc Mesothelioma Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson, Cut to $120 Million and Then Reversed on Causation
Verdict · Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County (New York City Asbestos Litigation) · 2019
$117 million$117 Million Lanzo Verdict, the First Jury Win Tying J&J Talc to Mesothelioma, Later Reversed on Appeal
Verdict · Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County · 2018
$43.1 million ($13.1 million compensatory plus $30 million punitive)$43.1 Million Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds for a Brake Mechanic's Lung Cancer From Menthol Cigarettes and Asbestos
Verdict · Suffolk County Superior Court, Boston, Massachusetts · 2018
$37.3 million compensatory verdict for four consolidated plaintiffs ($7.25 million Barden, $9.45 million Etheridge, $14.7 million McNeill-George, $5.9 million Ronning) plus $750 million punitive, capped to $186.5 million; reversed in 2023$37.3 Million Compensatory and $750 Million Punitive Talc Verdict for Four Mesothelioma Patients, Reversed for a New Trial
Verdict · Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middlesex County, New Brunswick · 2019
$30.3 million$30.3 Million Take-Home Asbestos Verdict for Family of Mesothelioma Victim, Affirmed on Appeal
Verdict · Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County · 2008
$29.4 million ($24.4 million to Teresa Leavitt and $5 million to her husband; Johnson & Johnson 98 percent at fault)$29.4 Million Verdict for a Lifelong Baby Powder User With Mesothelioma, Affirmed by the California Court of Appeal
Verdict · Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, Oakland · 2019
$16.5 million verdict ($15 million to the estate and $1.5 million loss of consortium; Whittaker Clark & Daniels 50 percent at fault; judgment after settlement offsets raised to $3.3 million on appeal in 2020; reversed and dismissed by the Court of Appeals in 2022)$16.5 Million Desert Flower Talc Verdict, New York's First Cosmetic Talc Mesothelioma Win, Reversed by the Court of Appeals
Verdict · Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County (New York City Asbestos Litigation) · 2017
$10.55 million$10.55 Million Verdict Against a Talc Miner for a Man Who Got Mesothelioma From Three High School Summers at a Ceramics Plant
Verdict · Supreme Court of the State of New York, Schenectady County · 2015
$7 million verdict (reversed and complaint dismissed by the Appellate Division, First Department in June 2019)$7 Million Verdict in New York's First Asbestos-in-Talc Trial for a Woman Who Died of Mesothelioma at 76, Reversed on Appeal
Verdict · Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County (New York City Asbestos Litigation) · 2015
$3.47 million after appellate reduction ($7.7 million jury verdict: $3 million physical pain and suffering, $3 million emotional pain and suffering, $200,000 loss of services, $1.5 million wrongful death; pain and suffering cut to $3 million and wrongful death to $270,000 by the Appellate Division in 2017)$7.7 Million Verdict for the Widow of a School Bus Driver Who Got Mesothelioma From Brake Dust in the District Garage, Reduced on Appeal
Verdict · Supreme Court of the State of New York, Onondaga County, Syracuse · 2014
$1.6 million ($1.4 million for pain and suffering and $200,000 for loss of consortium; affirmed on appeal)$1.6 Million Verdict for a Man Who Got Mesothelioma From Talc Dust His Father Carried Home, the First Talc Verdict Upheld on Appeal
Verdict · Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middlesex County · 2013