Pennsylvania – Resolved Cases
Allison, et al. v. The GEO Group and Kurian v. County of Lancaster
Jurisdiction: E.D. Pa
City: Philadelphia
Case Status: Resolved
Settlements totaling $5.4 million in two civil rights class action lawsuits involving allegedly unconstitutional strip searches at prisons.
In re Certainteed Corp. Roofing Shingle Products Liability Litig.
Jurisdiction: E.D. Pa
City: Philadelphia
Case Status: Resolved
Consumer class action alleging that CertainTeed sold defective shingles. The parties reached a settlement which was approved and valued by the Court at between $687 to $815 million.
In re DVI, Inc. Securities Litig.
Jurisdiction: E.D. Pa
City: Philadelphia
Case Status: Resolved
Securities class action alleging accounting fraud that resulted in a series of settlements totaling almost $24 million, which represented a recovery of more than one-third of class members’ provable damages.
In re Flonase Antitrust Litig.
Jurisdiction: E.D. Pa
City: Philadelphia
Case Status: Resolved
C&T was liaison counsel for indirect purchaser plaintiffs alleged that the manufacturer of Flonase (a nasal allergy spray) filed “sham” citizen petitions with the FDA in order to delay the approval of less expensive generic versions of the drug. A $46 million settlement was reached on behalf of all indirect purchasers.
In re Pennsylvania Baycol: Third-Party Payor Litig.
Jurisdiction: E.D. Pa
City: Philadelphia
Case Status: Resolved
Various Health and Welfare Funds brought this action in connection with the withdrawal by Bayer of its anti-cholesterol drug Baycol. The settlement provided class members with a net recovery that approximated the maximum damages, which represented three times the net recovery of Bayer’s voluntary claims process.
Shared Medical Systems 1998 Incentive Compensation Plan Litig.
Jurisdiction: Pa. C.C.P.
City: Philadelphia
Case Status: Resolved
Case was brought on behalf of employees of Defendant Siemens who had their incentive compensation reduced by 30%, even though they had earned the full amount of their incentive compensation. Siemens agreed to pay class members a net recovery of the full amount by which their incentive compensation was reduced (approximately $10.1 million), and pay all counsel fees and expenses in addition to the class members’ recovery.
