Merrill v. PEMCO - Vehicle Diminished Value Class Action Litigation
May 01, 2015OUTCOME: $15 Million Settlement
Vehicle Diminished Value Class Action Litigation
San Francisco, CA
Class action Lawyer at San Francisco, CA
Practice Areas: Class Action, Appeals
OUTCOME: $15 Million Settlement
Vehicle Diminished Value Class Action Litigation
OUTCOME: Plaintiff verdict of $7.2 million
Lead counsel in a case for the death of an infant due to a park-to-reverse defect. $7.2 million verdict in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. The verdict was upheld on appeal, and after further proceeding ... s in the bankruptcy court, was then resolved for $7.2 million while a writ was pending in the Louisiana Supreme Court.
OUTCOME: $850 Million Settlement
Served as the national lead and liaison counsel in Federal Court overseeing the Bextra/Celebrex Cox-2 Inhibitor litigation (MDL 1699). The litigation was resolved after three years of litigation for o ... ver $850 million three days before the first scheduled trial.
OUTCOME: Plaintiff verdict of $55.2 million
Co-lead counsel in case involving the death of a Los Angeles dockworker killed by a park-to-reverse defect in a Dodge Dakota. Obtained a verdict of $5.2 million in compensatory damages and $50 million ... in punitive damages in Los Angeles Superior Court. The case was finally resolved for $24 million after further proceedings in the bankruptcy court and on appeal.
OUTCOME: $48.5 million settlement
Prepared for trial, as the lead trial counsel, a major class action case against Farmers Insurance (Moeller v. Farmers, No. 99-2-07850-6 (Pierce Cty WA)) for the failure to pay "diminished value" in se ... ttling first party automobile insurance claims. The case was certified, appeals to the Washington Court of Appeals and Supreme Court were successfully defended, and the case was then fully prepared for trial, and finally resolved for $48.5 Million two weeks before the scheduled August 2013 trial date. The settlement received final approval on December 4, 2013, and payments to eligible Class Members were out in April 2014.