James Bilsborrow, a Weitz & Luxenberg partner and practice group co-chair, is speaking at a virtual event titled “PFAS Litigation and Regulatory Developments Conference.” It…
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Category: Personal Injury
W&L Secures Major Verdict for Hit-And-Run Victim Paralyzed from Chest Down
Weitz & Luxenberg has achieved a major $20.5 million verdict – as well as approximately $3 million in past and future medical expenses –…
Category: Personal Injury
W&L Looking into Hoboken Train Accident
Weitz & Luxenberg is gathering information about a train accident in Hoboken, New Jersey this morning that occurred when a train failed to slow…
Category: Environmental, Personal Injury
W&L Files First Personal Injury Suit over Water Contamination in Hoosick Falls
Weitz & Luxenberg today filed the first personal injury suit resulting from water pollution in Hoosick Falls, NY, on behalf of plaintiff James Donavan. The complaint states that exposure to Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has directly caused Donavan’s ulcerative colitis and other illnesses, which is consistent with findings from the C8 Panel that expressly linked ulcerative colitis…
Category: Our Firm, Personal Injury
W&L Obtains Substantial Settlement in Challenging Negligence Case
Weitz & Luxenberg last month obtained a confidential multimillion-dollar settlement on behalf of a Queens, New York, man who sustained a traumatic brain injury, as well as other injuries, after falling from an apartment building’s second story walkway next to an apartment. The settlement came on the heels of a hard-won appellate victory that W&L…
Category: Personal Injury
Metro North Derailment
UPDATE: In 2015, W&L attorneys settled this case for our client for $450,000. What began for Gregory Paul Bignon as a pleasant, carefree Christmas gift-buying excursion on a quiet Sunday morning ended with a train crash and severe injuries that included a broken pelvis, knocked-out teeth, and head, back, and leg trauma. This and more…