The Lanier Law Firm Verdict, Settlement Among Nation's Largest for 2014
HOUSTON, Dec. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Acclaimed trial lawyer Mark Lanier and The Lanier Law Firm are being recognized by The National Law Journal for winning the country's second-largest verdict this year, as well as one of the year's largest legal settlements.
Mr. Lanier and the firm are featured in Big Money Wins of 2014 following the resounding $9 billion pharmaceutical liability verdict against Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Eli Lilly & Co. The firm also is noted for helping secure a $56 million settlement with Biomet Inc. in multidistrict litigation over the company's defective, metal-on-metal hip implants.
In April, Mr. Lanier convinced a Louisiana federal jury to award $9 billion against Takeda and Eli Lilly over cancer risks associated with the diabetes drug Actos. The jury's award has been listed in media reports as the largest pharmaceutical liability verdict in U.S. history.
"The success we experienced in these cases is a direct result of the hard work and savvy you'll find in every one of our courtroom lawyers," says Mr. Lanier. "We are trial lawyers, pure and simple, which is why so many other firms call on us when their important cases reach the courthouse."
The Biomet settlement announced in January provides a base payment of $200,000 for patients who were injured by the company's defective hip implants. Mr. Lanier and Thomas Anapol of Anapol Schwartz in Philadelphia represented the plaintiffs' executive committee in the case heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
The Lanier Law Firm was recognized earlier this year by Texas Lawyer newspaper in the Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame, in addition to being named one of only 10 U.S. firms in Law360's annual listing of the Most Feared Plaintiffs' Firms and The National Law Journal's list of America's Elite Trial Lawyers.
With offices in Houston, New York and Los Angeles, The Lanier Law Firm is committed to addressing client concerns with effective and innovative solutions in courtrooms across the country. The firm is composed of outstanding trial attorneys with decades of experience handling cases involving pharmaceutical liability, asbestos exposure, commercial litigation, product liability, maritime law, and sports and entertainment law. Visit http://www.lanierlawfirm.com.
For more information on the recent honors for Mr. Lanier and The Lanier Law Firm, please contact J.D. Cargill at 713-659-5200 or [email protected].
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