BK Trucking Co., et al. v. PACCAR, Inc. et al.
BK Tucking Co., et al. v. Paccar, Inc., et al. (D.N.J.): Cohen Milstein represented current and former truck owners and lessees in New Jersey, Ohio and Texas in a putative class action against PACCAR, the third-largest manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the world, and its subsidiaries, Kenworth Truck Company and Peterbilt Motors for breach of warranty, unfair, deceptive and fraudulent business practices related to the manufacture and sale of defective products.
Caterpillar, Inc. Engine Products Liability Litigation
Caterpillar Product Liability Litigation (D.N.J.): Cohen Milstein was co-lead counsel in a nationwide product liability class action lawsuit alleging Caterpillar sold diesel engines with defective exhaust emissions system that resulted in power losses and shutdowns. The case was settled in September 2016 for $60 million.
Chipps v. Humana Health Insurance Co. of Florida
Chipps v. Humana Health Insurance Co. of Florida: After six years of litigation and a four-week jury trial examining Humana’s internal documents and abrupt termination of its managed care program for 100 catastrophically ill children in Florida in complete violation of its own policies and procedures, the jury awarded the Chipps family more than $1.03 million in compensatory and $78.5 million in punitive damages. This landmark lawsuit uncovered widespread fraud at Humana, including the payment of bonuses to physicians and nurses based on the number of medical claims they denied each month.
Doe v. Felipe Vazquez
Doe v. Felipe Vazquez (M.D. Fla.): Cohen Milstein represented Jane Doe in a sexual abuse civil lawsuit against Felipe Vazquez, a renowned professional Major League Baseball player, who allegedly sexually assaulted Doe for years, starting as early as when she was 12 years old. On August 16, 2023, the Court awarded Doe over $11 million in this civil lawsuit against Vazquez.
Gillig v. United Healthcare
Philip Gillig’s family and doctors spent over a two-month period attempting to gain HMO authorization for specialized care, antibiotic treatment, surgery, and hospitalization. Their attempts failed due to United Healthcare employees’ refusal to return calls and their misconduct in sending calls to a voicemail system at United Healthcare that they knew was “full” and could […]
Glen Mar Early Learning Center Litigation
Glen Mar Early Learning Center Litigation (Circ. Crt., Howard Cnty., Md.): Cohen Milstein represented the parents of five children, who were allegedly subjected to sexual abuse and exploitation by a predator over a two-year period in 2018-2019, while attending the Glen Mar Early Learning Center in Maryland. Parties agreed to a confidential settlement on September 25, 2023, concluding the lawsuit.
Iran Beirut Bombing Litigation
Relvas et al v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al (D.D.C.): Cohen Milstein represents victims and family members of victims in the 1983 Beirut Marine Barracks bombing—the deadliest act of terrorism against Americans prior to September 11, 2001. Mr. Braun manages this litigation, which has resulted in judgments amounting to more than $1 billion against the government of Iran.
Mincey v. Takata
Mincey v. Takata (Cir. Crt., Duval Cnty., Fla.): Cohen Milstein was lead counsel in a lawsuit brought on behalf of Patricia Mincey and her family, a Florida woman who sustained catastrophic injuries that rendered her a quadriplegic in 2014 when the driver’s side airbag in her Honda Civic deployed too aggressively during a collision due to a product defect. Patricia Mincey passed away in early 2016 due to complications from her quadriplegia. The suit charged that Takata, the manufacturer of the airbag system, knew of the airbag defect and hid the problem from consumers. When the defendants removed Ms. Mincey’s case to federal court in an attempt to have it bogged down in multi-district litigation, Cohen Milstein successfully had the case remanded to Florida state court, where it is was resolved in July 2016.
Paz-Orjales v. Ford Motor Company
Paz-Orjales v. Ford Motor Company: In Septemeber 2018, Cohen Milstein successfully settled a catastrophic injury lawsuit against Ford Motor Company. Our client, Mr. Paz-Orjales, asserted that due to a defective design, the roof of the Ford truck, in which he was a passenger, collapsed and crushed him during a roll over accident, resulting in his quadriplegia.