Weitz & Luxenberg

As co-lead counsel in the federal Roundup multidistrict litigation and the first firm to sue Monsanto in 2015, Weitz and Luxenberg helped negotiate a $10.9 billion settlement resolving approximately 125,000 non-Hodgkin lymphoma claims against Bayer-owned Monsanto.

As court-appointed co-lead plaintiffs counsel in the federal Actos MDL, Paul Pennock of Weitz and Luxenberg helped the plaintiffs' team win a $9 billion punitive damages verdict against Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly on behalf of a New York man whose bladder cancer was linked to years of taking the diabetes drug pioglitazone.

Ellen Relkin served as court-appointed co-lead plaintiffs counsel in the DePuy ASR hip implant MDL, helping negotiate a $2.5 billion settlement for roughly 8,000 patients who required revision surgery after the metal-on-metal device failed.

A Manhattan jury returned a $190 million consolidated verdict against boiler manufacturers Cleaver-Brooks and Burnham LLC on behalf of five tri-state tradesmen who developed mesothelioma from occupational asbestos exposure, setting a record as the largest consolidated asbestos verdict in New York history.

A New York County jury awarded $117 million to William Durbec and his wife Victoria in May 2025, the largest single-plaintiff asbestos verdict in New York State history, after Durbec developed pleural mesothelioma from asbestos-containing fireproofing he breathed during years of sheet metal work at the original World Trade Center.

A NYCAL jury awarded Romeo Maffei $38 million after finding boiler manufacturer Burnham LLC 85% liable for his asbestos-caused lung cancer, despite his 40-year smoking history.

James Bilsborrow of Weitz and Luxenberg served as co-lead class counsel for more than 4,000 Hoosick Falls residents whose drinking water was contaminated with PFOA from a nearby DuPont Teflon manufacturing facility, securing a $27 million settlement in 2025.

A New York jury awarded $25 million, including $5 million in punitive damages, to a retired flooring installer who developed mesothelioma after decades of cutting and removing American Biltrite Amtico asbestos floor tiles.