Jonathan Michael Levine's Legal Cases (2)

Personal injury

Barbara Izzarelli v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco

Mar 01, 2013

OUTCOME: Verdict of $27.5 million

Barbara Izzarelli, a longtime smoker of Salem cigarettes who developed cancer, received a total of $27.5 million dollars in her successful product liability lawsuit against the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co ... . A federal judge awarded nearly $16 million in interest after she had already been awarded $4 million in punitive damages and an $8 million jury award. The jury’s verdict was believed to be the first successful product liability lawsuit in Connecticut by an individual plaintiff against a tobacco company.

Class action

Spencer, et al. v. The Hartford Financial

Jun 21, 2010

OUTCOME: Settlement of $72.5 million

After a five-year court battle, The Hartford Financial Services Group agreed to pay $72.5 million to 21,000 people. The plaintiffs in the nationwide class action were people who had been injured and ... were owed insurance payments as compensation. They claimed that instead of paying the full settlement, The Hartford deducted 15 percent, after claiming that money was needed, in part, to cover the costs of purchasing an annuity.

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