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2013

TOP VERDICTS NY

Antitrust

CASE DATE VENUE
TYPE OF ACTION
PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL
AMOUNT

In Re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation
Price Fixing: Chinese manufacturers fixed Mar 14
U.S. District William A. Isaacson, Washington, DC of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP; $162,300,000
vitamin's price, class claimed
Court, EDNY
Michael D. Hausfeld, Washington, DC of Hausfeld LLP; James T. Southwick,
Houston, TX of Susman Godfrey LLP

Government

CASE TYPE OF ACTION
DATE VENUE PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL AMOUNT
Estate of Santiago v. City of N.Y.
Prisoner Suit: Prison guard ignored inmate's Jul 05
Bronx Supreme
Michael J. Kuharski, Staten Island, NY of Kuharski, Levitz and Giovinazzo
$8,150,000

fatal arrhythmia, suit alleged
Morse v. Spitzer Fraud charges were based on falsified evidence, Feb 12 U.S. District Court, Jon L. Norinsberg, New York, NY of Law Offices of Jon L. Norinsberg, Esq.
$7,724,936
dentist claimed
EDNY

Gristwood v. State of New York Wrongful Conviction: Coerced confession led to Apr 04 Court of Claims, William F. Lynn, Patricia A. Lynn-Ford & Thomas F. Shannon, Syracuse, NY of Lynn $5,485,394
nine years in jail, claimant alleged
Syracuse
Law Firm
Dec 17
Guzman v. City of New York Excessive Force: Plaintiff: Excessive force caused U.S. District Court, Jon L. Norinsberg, Esq., assisted by John J. Meehan, Esq., and Katherine Smith, Esq. $2,470,000
serious knee injuries
SDNY
Boyd v. City of New York Excessive Force: Police unnecessarily forceful Oct 15 Kings Supreme
Rudyard F. Whyte, New York, NY of The Cochran Firm
$766,983
during search, plaintiff claimed

Walker v. City of New York
Excessive Force: Plaintiff claimed he was beaten, Aug 07
U.S. District Court, Ryan H. Asher, New York, NY of Asher & Associates, P.C.; David A. Zelman, Brooklyn, $260,000
held without cause after arrest
EDNY
NY of The Law Office of David A. Zelman

Intellectual Property

CASE
TYPE OF ACTION
DATE VENUE
PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL
AMOUNT
Tomita Technologies USA, LLC v. Nintendo Co. Infringement: Nintendo device copied 3D Mar 13
U.S. District Joseph Diamante, Ian G. DiBernardo & Kenneth L. Stein, New York, NY of $30,200,000
Ltd.
technology, inventor claimed
Court, SDNY
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

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