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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 07:10:26+00:00

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Our firm has been chosen by courts and other institutions to handle some of the most complex and significant issues affecting our country today. We have represented collegiate and other athletes suffering from devastating effects of concussions; property owners who have lost their homes and businesses to various natural and manmade disaster; a group of public housing residents based upon contamination-related injuries; and consumers, unions, and governmental entities suffering losses due to the sale of unsafe prescriptions drugs. Our founder has been recognized as one of “America’s top trial lawyers” in the mass action arena (DrugWatcher, August 2018).
NCAA Concussion Litigation. In re: National Collegiate Athletic Association Single School/Single Sport Concussion Litig., No. 16-cv-8727, MDL No. 2492 (N.D. Ill.) Appointed co-lead counsel in an MDL brought against the NCAA, its conferences and member institutions alleging personal injury claims on behalf of college football players resulting from repeated concussive and sub-concussive hits.
Football Helmet Concussion Litigation. Adams, et al. v. BRG Sports, Inc., No. 17-cv-08544 (N.D. Ill.) Part of a team of attorneys representing high school and college football players in pursuing claims related to helmet manufacturers failure to warn players that their products were not sufficient to protect against concussive and sub-concussive injuries.
Opioid Litigation. Represent (a) over four dozen governmental entities with suits on file and many more who are in the investigative phase (b) every major municipal risk pool in the state of Illinois (c) the health and welfare funds of four major multi-state unions (d) scores of individuals who have personal injury claims against the pharmaceutical industry. See, e.g., City of Harvey, et al. v. Purdue Pharma L.P., No. 2018-CH-09020 (Cir. Ct. Cook Cty., Ill.); International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150, et al. v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et al., No. 2019-CH-01548 (Cir. Ct. Cook Cty., Ill.).
Camp Fire Litigation. Represent scores of individuals and businesses in lawsuits against utility company PG&E who suffered from the loss of their homes, their property, and the lives of their loved ones, after one of the worst wild fire tragedies in history. See, e.g., Burnett et al. v. PG&E Corp. et al., No. CGC-18-571849 (S.F. Sup.).
Boeing Airplane Crash Litigation. Represent numerous individuals and families in wrongful death cases arising from Boeing 737 Max crash in Indonesia. See, e.g., Binti, et al v. The Boeing Co. No. 2019-L-002137 (Cook County, Illinois).
PFAS Litigation. Jackson v. The 3M Co., et al., No. 2:19-cv-00167 (W.D. Wash.) Represent consumers and businesses in lawsuits alleging that numerous chemical manufacturers degraded the environment and contaminated local water supplies by including a known toxic chemical in commercial grade firefighting foam.
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