Class Action Settlements
- Class actions against pharmaceutical companies::
- Simonet, et al. v. SmithKline Beecham Corporation dba GlaxoSmithKline, et al., U.S.D.C. District of Puerto Rico Case No. 06-1230 (GAG/CVR) ($28 million settlement pending)
- Carpenters and Joiners Welfare Fund, et al. v. SmithKline Beecham Corporation dba GlaxoSmithKline, et al., U.S.D.C. District of Minnesota Case No. CV 04-3500 MJD/SRN (settled for $40 million)
- MacGregor v. Schering-Plough Corporation, et al., L.A.S.C. Case No. BC 248041
(settlement value at $202.5 million)
- Class action settlements against large financial institutions for improper treatment of consumers, including improperly charging interest, late fees and/or overlimit fees:
- Schwartz, et al. v. Citibank, (South Dakota), N.A., U.S.D.C. of California Case No. 00-00075 LGB (JXJx) (settled for $36 million)
- Shea v. Household Bank (SB), National Association, O.C.S.C. Case No. 00CC12588 (settled for $34.9 million)
- Mayemura, et al. v. Chase Manhattan Bank, U.S.D.C. of California Case No. 00-00753 LGB (JWJx) (settled for $22.5 million)
- Shea, et al. v. Discover Bank, O.C.S.C. Case No. 00CC12582 (settlement value of $15 million)
- Boehr v. American Express Centurion Bank, L.A.S.C. Case No. BC 256499 (settled for $8.2 million)
- Edelist v. First USA Bank, N.A., O.C.S.C. Case No. 02CC00294 (settled for $7 million)
- Boehr v. Bank of America, U.S.D.C. District of Arizona Case No. CIV-99-2265-PHX-RC (settled for $4.75 million)
- Edell v. Bank of America, NA (USA), Arizona Superior Court Case No. C-20010051 (settled for $4.2 million)
- Schoshinski v. Fleet Bank (RI), National Association in Rhode Island, L.A.S.C. Case No. BC 262105 consolidated with Landrenau, et al. v. Fleet Financial Group, U.S.D.C. District of Louisiana Case No. 01-26-B-MI (settled for $3.5 million)
- Klausner v. First Union Direct Bank, N.A., U.S.D.C. of California Case No. 00-4267 LGB (AJWx) (settled for $3 million)
- Ventura v. Providian National Bank, O.C.S.C. Case No. 03CC17700 (settled for $1.9 million)
- Other class action settlements:
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Brian R. Strange was appointed and served as lead counsel in Hall, et al. v. AT&T Mobility LLC, et al., U.S.D.C. District of New Jersey Case No. 07-05325 (JLL). Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants violated state and federal laws by charging customers a flat-rate early termination fee in their wireless telephone service contracts
- Talwar, et al. v. Creative Labs, Inc., U.S.D.C. Central District of California Case No. CV 05-3375 FMC (AJWx) (settlement valued at over $10 million)
- McKernan, et al. v. Black & Decker Corp., et al., S.C.S.C. Case No. CV 772488 (settled with all defendants for $13 million)
- Benchmark, Inc. v. Payment Resources International, LLC, O.C.S.C. Case No. 07CC01202 (settled for $1.7 million cash and injunctive relief valued at $3.24 million)
- Moretti v. Lear Financial, Inc., L.A.S.C. Case No. BC394027, combined with DeSpain v. DeMerrit, et al., AAA Reference No. 11199102507 (settlement valued at $4.16 million)
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- Class actions against workers' compensation carriers for improperly charging premiums to California employers:
- Blake H. Brown v. Fremont Compensation Insurance Company, L.A.S.C. Case No. BC 180443 (settled for $25 million)
- Designer Imports International, Inc. v. Fairmont Insurance Company, LASC Case No. BC184256 (settlement $6.2 million)
- Superior Construction, Inc. v. Argonaut Insurance Company, et al., L.A.S.C. Case No. BC 221028 (settlement for $3 million)
- 3 Day Blinds, Inc. v. ULICO Standard of America, L.A.S.C. Case No. BC 170432 (settled for $1.299 million)
Settlements for less than $1 million are excluded from the above cases
