Siqueiros v. General Motors LLC, Case No. 16-7244 (N.D. Cal.)

Oct 04, 2022

OUTCOME: $102.6 million jury verdict followed by a landmark $175 million settlement

After achieving a $102.6 million jury verdict against General Motors in one of the few automotive defect class actions ever tried to verdict, DiCello Levitt and our co-counsel went on to secure an even ... greater result—a $175 million post-trial settlement for more than 40,000 vehicle owners across California, Idaho, and North Carolina. The agreement, approved in 2025, delivers average payments exceeding $3,300 per vehicle and stands as a powerful example of DiCello Levitt’s commitment to seeing complex cases through trial and beyond to achieve full justice for consumers.

In re Navistar Maxxforce Engines Mktg, Sales Practices and Prods Liab. Litig., No. 1:14-cv-10318 (N.D. Ill.)

Jan 20, 2020

OUTCOME: $135 million settlement

Multidistrict class action lawsuit against Navistar, alleging that Navistar’s redesign of the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system in its MaxxForce 11-liter and 13-liter diesel engines to comply with ... EPA emissions standards proved to be defective.

Champs Sports Bar & Grill Co. et al v. Mercury Payment Systems, LLC, Case No. 1:16-cv-00012-MHC (N.D. Ga.)

Aug 28, 2017

OUTCOME: $72,500,000 settlement

Defendant Mercury Payment Systems, LLC is in the business of handling credit and debit card transactions for merchants. Mercury and Defendant Global Payments Direct, Inc., a back-end payment card proce ... ssing company, act as intermediaries between the parties to a payment card transaction, ensuring that merchants are paid and the financial institutions and card networks (such as Visa and MasterCard) involved receive the fees due them. Pursuant to the form contract each merchant is required to sign, Mercury and Global are to collect fees for their own services; pass through at cost the fees charged by the card networks and other financial institutions involved; and send monthly invoices summarizing the transactions and describing the fees that were charged. This action alleged that, contrary to what their contracts provided, Defendants were inflating the fees that should have been passed through at cost and collecting other, undisclosed charges from Plaintiffs and the other Class members.

In re: VW "Clean Diesel" Litigation, No. 3:15-md-2672-CRB (N.D. Cal.)

Oct 18, 2016

OUTCOME: $14,700,000,000 in settlements (to date)

In one of the largest-scale auto industry scandals in history, I am a member of the Court-appointed Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee overseeing and prosecuting this litigation on behalf of vehicle owners ... affected by German auto giant Volkswagen’s admitted installation of “defeat devices” in the software of its diesel engine vehicles to cheat on emissions tests in up to 11,000,000 Passats, Jettas, Golfs, Beetles, and Audi A3s. The cheat was allegedly developed after VW managers realized their costly “clean diesel” engines weren’t up to par with pollution standards of the Environmental Protection Agency and regulators in other countries. Plaintiffs claim that VW executives knew about the diesel engine problem as early as spring 2014 – a full eighteen months before the public was made aware of the issue – and seek economic redress from the steep diminution in value and performance of their affected vehicles. To date, the 2.0 liter vehicle class action case was settled for $14.7 billion, with Volkswagen agreeing to pay $10 billion buying back or repairing the 475,000 VW and Audi automobiles 2.0 liter diesel vehicles. In addition, and as part of that settlement, those vehicle owners will be given additional compensation of between $5,100 and $10,000 and an average of $3,500 will be given to those who leased an affected VW diesel vehicle. The 2.0 liter settlement also includes $2.7 billion for environmental modification, as well as $2 billion geared toward Volkswagen’s “zero-emissions” plan. That settlement has obtained final approval. Volkswagen has also reached agreement to settle diesel-cheating claims concerning its 3.0 vehicles for $1 billion and Bosch has agreed to settle related claims for $338 million. Each of those settlements has been preliminarily approved by the Court.

In re Porsche Cars North America, Inc., Plastic Coolant Tubes Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2233 (S.D. Ohio)

Mar 10, 2015

OUTCOME: $45,000,000 settlement

Consumer class action concerning defective parts in certain models of the Porsche Cayenne sport utility vehicle.

In Re Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Plastic Coolant Tubes Products Liability Litigation, Case. No. 2:11-MD-2233 (S.D. Ohio)

Mar 10, 2014

OUTCOME: $40,000,000 settlement

In re Imprelis Herbicide, Sales Practice and Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2284 (E.D. Pa.)

Sep 27, 2013

OUTCOME: $475,000,000 settlement

Multidistrict class action litigation brought by landowners and landscapers against E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company seeking to recover damages for tree and other foliage death and other harm caused ... by DuPont’s Imprelis herbicide.

In re Reebok Easytone Litigation, No. 4:10-cv-11977-FDS (D. Mass.)

Jan 17, 2012

OUTCOME: $25,000,000 settlement

false advertising consumer class action pertaining to Reebok's false claims concerning its "EasyTone" shoes and apparel.

In re Genetically Modified Rice Litigation, MDL 1811 (E.D. Mo.)

Jul 01, 2011

OUTCOME: $750,000,000 settlement

Multidistrict product liability litigation brought on behalf of United States long-grain rice producers seeking to recover damages they sustained resulting from the contamination of the U.S. rice suppl ... y with unapproved, genetically-modified rice seed traits developed and tested by Bayer CropScience LP and related entities. Settled on July 1, 2011 for $750,000,000.

Schoenbaum v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, et al., Case No. 4:05-cv-01108 ERW (E.D. Mo.)

Oct 11, 2010

OUTCOME: Confidential settlement

Consolidated antitrust cases concerning genetically modified corn and soybean seeds.