Tobacco Smuggling cases
Feb 02, 0005OUTCOME: $3 Billion
Mr. Sacks represented the EU and 25 member countries for 22 years and three visits to SCOTUS to collect over $3 Billion from almost every tobacco company in the world.
Philadelphia, PA
Class action Lawyer at Philadelphia, PA
Practice Areas: Class Action, Environmental and Natural Resources, Defective and Dangerous Products
OUTCOME: $3 Billion
Mr. Sacks represented the EU and 25 member countries for 22 years and three visits to SCOTUS to collect over $3 Billion from almost every tobacco company in the world.
OUTCOME: $14 million to settle more than 5,000 third-party claims as well as damages
$14 million to settle more than 5,000 third-party claims as well as damages, expenses and cost of the settlement announced Wednesday; $11 million for cleanup; $5.25 million in legal and administrative ... fees to handle class-action suits, and $2.25 million in criminal fines paid earlier this year for violations of the Federal Clean Water Act.
OUTCOME: $1 billion verdict against Exxon
Andrew Sacks was one of the leading attorneys in the landmark verdict against Exxon Mobil in 2001 in which a jury awarded claimants over $1 billion in damages.