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Earlier this week, the City of Chicago filed a lawsuit against Monsanto and other chemical companies seeking damages for widespread contamination of its waterways caused by Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), highly toxic and dangerous chemical compounds known to accumulate in the human body and cause serious health effects. Plaintiffs allege that Monsanto intentionally misled the public […]

Seeger Weiss filed the first class action lawsuit against Verizon on behalf of utility workers over the company’s toxic lead-sheathed cables. Plaintiffs allege that Verizon knowingly left lead cables in place, exposing thousands of utility workers directly to dangerous levels of lead and allowing the cables to contaminate the surrounding environment. “For decades, Verizon and […]

Today, Seeger Weiss founding partner Chris Seeger, who serves as co-lead counsel in the Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level Pap, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Litigation, announced a settlement worth a minimum of $479M on behalf of device users who purchased or rented recalled devices and payers who reimbursed users for the cost of recalled devices. “This […]

Seeger Weiss co-founder Chris Seeger has been recognized as one of Law.com’s Litigators of the Week by Ross Todd for the more than $6 billion 3M earplug litigation settlement. Seeger, along with co-lead counsel Bryan Aylstock of Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz announced the settlement on Tuesday. Chris Seeger played a crucial role in driving […]

Today, Seeger Weiss founding partner Chris Seeger, who serves as co-lead plaintiffs’ counsel in the 3M Combat Arms Earplug litigation, announced a landmark settlement worth more than $6B on behalf of servicemembers and veterans who suffered hearing injuries while using 3M earplugs. “This historic agreement represents a tremendous victory for the thousands of men and […]

Founding Partner Stephen Weiss was named Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year.” He, along with six other attorneys, were named to the 2024 Best Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs list, including co-founder Chris Seeger as well as partners Parvin Aminolroaya, Dave Buchanan, Jeff Grand, Michael Rosenberg, and Jennifer Scullion. The list features attorneys with extensive […]