RMD Law

$206B

Tobacco Litigation

46 states protested America’s four largest tobacco companies for taxpayer money spent caring for people with smoking-related diseases and sought punitive damages for unethical production and promotion. Largest settlement in U.S. history.

$1.2B

Auto Defect

General Motors (GM) faced trial in Los Angeles for severe burn injuries to six people when a family car's fuel tank exploded after a collision. Jury awarded $4.9 billion ($107.6 million compensatory, $4.8 billion punitive), reduced to $1.2 billion on appeal.

$712M

9/11 Attacks

Thousands of workers at Ground Zero filed suits against private contractors and the city government for respiratory illnesses and cancers developed during rescue and clean-up after the Twin Towers attacks.

$243M

Car Accident

Florida jury found Tesla partially liable in a 2019 crash involving a Model S on Autopilot. Tesla's Autopilot system contributed to a fatal crash where a Model S blew through a stop sign and red light, crashing into a parked vehicle. Two people were struck, one fatally (Naibel Benavides Leon), and one seriously injured (Dillon Angulo).

$200M

Personal Injury

Total amount recovered in recent personal injury wins for clients.

$150M

Wrongful Death

13-year-old girl awarded after watching family burn to death in a freeway crash in Southern California.