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About Spangenberg Shibley & Liber

Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP is a Cleveland-based plaintiff's firm founded in 1946 by Craig Spangenberg. The firm handles medical malpractice, personal injury, civil rights, class actions, and product liability cases, and has recovered over $1 billion in compensation for clients across Ohio and the country.

Proven verdicts and settlements won by Spangenberg Shibley & Liber

$650 millionVerdict

A federal jury found CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart liable for creating an opioid public nuisance in northeast Ohio, leading to a $650 million abatement judgment, the first of its kind against pharmacy chains in U.S. history.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (Judge Dan Polster), Cleveland · 2022Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$260 millionSettlement

In the hours before the first federal opioid trial was to begin, Spangenberg Shibley and Liber helped secure a $260 million settlement from McKesson, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen, and Teva on behalf of Cuyahoga and Summit counties.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (MDL No. 2804), Cleveland · 2019Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$28 millionVerdict

A Hamilton County jury returned a verdict of nearly $28 million against Utilimap Corp. after the firm's inspectors skipped a rotted utility pole that collapsed and killed Duke Energy lineman Keith Jester in 2014.

Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio · 2017Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Cleveland firms

Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy
Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy
Confidential (aggregate >$300 million total litigation) · Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Confidential Settlements for 18 Families in $300 Million-Plus Litigation
The Becker Law Firm
The Becker Law Firm
$60.7 million · $60.7 Million Settlement for Child Left with Brain Injury After Touching Downed FirstEnergy Power Line
The Law Offices of Tim Misny
The Law Offices of Tim Misny
$50 million · Failure to Warn of Cancer Risk: Misny's Second Pharmaceutical Block Settles for $50 Million
Friedman Domiano & Smith
Friedman Domiano & Smith
$3.5 million · $3.5 Million Verdict for Chemical Plant Worker Burned by Formic Acid

Attorneys at Spangenberg Shibley & Liber

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