Since the landmark recoupment
lawsuits against the tobacco industry, state attorneys general have sought to recover costs from other industries, including firearms and pharmaceuticals, by partnering with the personal injury bar to sue whole industries.
In 1994, the Castano class action was the first class action litigation
filed against the tobacco industry, which eventually resulted in the historic $ 196 Billion settlement with the tobacco industry.
After the legislature had passed a constitutionally dubious law loading the
deck against the tobacco industry, the court, in a 4 — 3 decision, found a way to uphold it.
Served as key member of the legal team representing the State of New
Jersey against the tobacco industry and helped achieve the largest settlement in the history of New Jersey, totaling $ 7.6 billion dollars;
The Gertler Law Firm also was a leader in a group of prominent Louisiana law firms that obtained a groundbreaking and unprecedented
judgment against the tobacco industry, which ordered the tobacco companies to establish a $ 241 million cessation program for the citizens of Louisiana.
Armed with incriminating evidence and an inventive approach, Motley Rice attorneys led the litigation
efforts against the tobacco industry on behalf of numerous State Attorneys General.
Breslin and Breslin, PA, Donald A. Caminiti, Esq., was one of six law firms selected by the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey to act as special counsel to represent it in its
lawsuit against the tobacco industry to recover Medicaid and other health related costs incurred by the state resulting from tobacco related illnesses.
Nevertheless, the company has been involved in creating computer animations for several landmark cases, including the Justice Department's
case against the tobacco industry and litigation over whether the collapse of the World Trade Center's twin towers constituted two insurable events.
When most people think of product liability lawsuits they often imagine faulty kitchen appliances, poor building materials (asbestos), or media - famous lawsuits like
those against the tobacco industry and McDonald's.
He was Co-Counsel in the lawsuit
against the tobacco industry (representing the Governor of New Jersey) that settled for $ 8 Billion and Co-Counsel in the VIOXX litigation that settled for $ 4.85 Billion.
In state recoupment litigation
against the tobacco industry, most states retained personal injury lawyers on a contingent fee basis to assist them with their litigation.