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April 5, 2024

Lawdragon Names Four Seeger Weiss Partners to 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers

Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce that Lawdragon has recognized four of the firm’s partners, including co-founders Chris Seeger and Stephen Weiss, as well as partners David Buchanan and Jennifer Scullion, on the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers. According to Lawdragon, this year’s honorees “stand tall as a global movement bringing justice across borders. […]

March 13, 2024

The Legal 500 recognizes Seeger Weiss as a Top Firm and Inducts Co-Founder Chris Seeger into the Hall of Fame

Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce that the firm was named one of The Legal 500 Top Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action Firms. Co-founder Chris Seeger was also named to The Legal 500 Plaintiff Hall of Fame. These esteemed recognitions showcase Seeger Weiss’ and Chris Seeger’s unwavering dedication to ensuring corporate responsibility and […]

February 29, 2024

Seeger Weiss' Founding Partner Chris Seeger and Senior Partner Dave Buchanan discussed the 3M settlement and other key wins with Law360

Seeger Weiss was recently recognized as Law360’s 2023 Product Liability Group of the Year, after the firm secured multiple litigation victories, including a groundbreaking $6 billion deal to settle the massive litigation brought by veterans and service members, who claimed that 3M’s combat earplugs caused harm to their hearing. Between 1999 and 2015, 3M knowingly […]

February 23, 2024

Thirteen Seeger Weiss Partners Selected for Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers List

Seeger Weiss is proud to announce that Lawdragon recognized 13 partners — Chris Seeger, Stephen Weiss, David Buchanan, Parvin Aminolroaya, Shauna Itri, Matt Pawa, Jennifer Scullion, Chris Ayers, Jeffrey Grand, Scott Alan George, Diogenes Kekatos, Michael Rosenberg, and Caleb Seeley — on the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers list. The Lawdragon 500 Leading […]

February 3, 2024

Lawdragon Names Three Seeger Weiss Lawyers Leaders in Environmental Law

Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce that partner Matt Pawa along with attorneys Ben Krass and Wesley Kelman have been selected for inclusion in the 2024 Lawdragon Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law list. Pawa, a pioneer of environmental litigation for over 25 years, has been involved in crucial environmental cases. He chairs Seeger Weiss’s […]

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July 19, 2017

Lawsuit Commences by Family of Young Girls Severely Injured in Tennessee County Fair Ferris Wheel Ride

Two young girls severely injured on a Ferris wheel last summer at the Greene County Fair filed suit today in the federal court in the Eastern District of Tennessee. The action was brought on behalf of the two minor daughters of Jason Reynolds and Kimberly Reynolds against the fair operator, Family Attractions Amusement Co., the ride’s manufacturer and maintenance company, High-Lite […]

June 23, 2017

$218 Million Verdict – First GMO Trial Against Syngenta

Following a three-week trial, a federal jury in Kansas City, Kansas today ordered Swiss agrochemical giant Syngenta AG to pay $217.7 million in compensatory damages—the entire amount asked for—to a certified class of thousands of Kansas farmers who claimed the company’s genetically modified pest-resistant Viptera seed had been prematurely commercialized before the company secured the […]

May 11, 2017

$54 Million Settlement – Whistleblower Claims Against CareCore National LLC

Seeger Weiss LLP today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and several state Attorneys’ General Medicaid Fraud Units, have reached a $54 million settlement in a newly-unsealed healthcare fraud whistleblower action against CareCore National LLC. The company, headquartered in Blufton, SC, provides pre-authorization/pre-certification services for diagnostic testing to […]

February 3, 2017

Volkswagen Will Pay Consumers Up to $4 Billion in “Clean Diesel” Emissions Settlement

In a Feb. 1 settlement, German automaker Volkswagen agreed to fully compensate American consumers who purchased 3.0-liter diesel engine vehicles equipped with the company’s rigged “clean diesel” emissions testing devices. The company may have to pay as much as $4 billion to cheated customers. Under the federal court order, the company will make reparations to […]

December 13, 2016

Supreme Court Denies Review in NFL Concussion Case, Clearing the Way for Landmark Settlement

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court denied challenges to the pending settlement reached among retired NFL players and the league, clearing the way for the benefits process to move forward. The Supreme Court’s decision to deny review removes the final obstacle to implementation of the landmark settlement to provide care for retired NFL players suffering from brain-related injuries […]

October 4, 2016

Wells Fargo PMI Class Action Underway

Wells Fargo customers are taking legal action against the bank regarding it’s alleged mishandling of mortgage insurance protection and associated payments. Mortgage insurance protection, often called private mortgage insurance or PMI, is designed to protect banks when a homebuyer is unable to afford a 20% down payment on their home. As a homeowner pays her […]