$4.1 million settlement for woman who died at work. The client’s employer’s building underwent a major renovation, designed and built by the landlord. The local village required the entire building, not just the renovated area, to be brought up to code. Our client died in a fire while performing her job the same way she had for years, pursuant to a decades-old protocol. We sued the landlord, claiming that there would have been no fire had the area where our client was working been brought up to code. Richard Murphy’s father provided our lawyers with expert insight into electrical work which was instrumental in our prevailing in this case.
___________ v. __________: $2.1 million settlement with truck manufacturer and others for a 54-year old union truck driver who was killed during a two-truck collision triggered by an underinsured drunk driver. Our client was survived only by his wife. We alleged that the truck fuel tank system was defective in that it was subject to an inordinately high number of post-crash fires for various reasons. We caught the truck manufacturer holding back information on a number of our document requests. As a result of a number of motions, a federal magistrate recommended that a default order be entered as a sanction against the manufacturer for not being truthful. Prior to the entry of the order by the District Court, we entered into a partial, confidential settlement.