Top Women Litigators in 2001

WEITZ & LUXENBERG'S DENISE M. DUNLEAVY
Among the Top-50 Women Litigators in 2001

New York, 2001 -- Weitz & Luxenberg is proud to announce that The National Law Journal's new list of Top-50 women litigators in the nation includes their own Denise M. Dunleavy, a plaintiff's attorney who litigates cutting-edge issues in women's health.

Dunleavy was a pioneer in breast implant litigation and is a lead attorney in products liability litigation involving the lactation-suppressing drug Parlodel. She has won multiple million-dollar verdicts, including a $2.5-million premises liability verdict earlier this year against a landlord for a woman who was raped in her own apartment.

Dunleavy is also recognized in the legal community for winning the first jury verdict against a gun maker for injuries caused by a properly functioning gun. For her work in this case, which achieved a $4-million verdict (later reduced), she received the 1999 Trial Lawyer of the Year award by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.

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$53 million verdict — brake mechanic suffering from mesothelioma

$13.5 million verdict — one of the very first Vioxx trial cases

$15 million settlement — man wound up a paraplegic due to negligent hospital care

$37 million verdict — 2 asbestos lung cancer plaintiffs

$47 million verdict — boilermaker who died from mesothelioma

$75 million verdict — historic consolidated trial involving men who had worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1940s and 1950s

$12.7 million verdict — iron worker who was injured due to unsafe working conditions

$64.65 million award — 4 asbestos plaintiffs

$17.5 million — consolidated trial of 5 mesothelioma victims

$25 million jury verdict — brake reliner

$5.8 million settlement — failure to perform timely C-Section

$30 million verdict — 7 former power-plant workers suffering from asbestos-related illnesses

$6 million settlement — pediatric malpractice case

$14 million consolidated verdict — 5 asbestos-related cancer suits: shipyards/powerhouses/construction

$8 million settlement — obstetrical malpractice resulted in neurological deficits

$3.5 million — 2 asbestos exposure cases

$600,000 settlement — motor vehicle negligence resulting in serious injury

$44 million verdict — 5 asbestos cases, including $11.6 million awarded to widow of sheet metal worker who died of mesothelioma

$1.6 million settlement — suicide after premature hospital discharge

$2.6 million settlement — ill-fitting prosthesis caused decubitus ulcers

$1.5 million settlement — construction worker fell off elevated train tracks

$750,000 settlement — defective construction equipment resulted in serious injury to worker

WEITZ & LUXENBERG'S DENISE M. DUNLEAVYAmong the Top-50 Women Litigators in 2001

WEITZ & LUXENBERG'S DENISE M. DUNLEAVY
Among the Top-50 Women Litigators in 2001