City of Buffalo Files Lawsuit Against Firearms Companies, Buffalony Gov. /Rotate 0 /K 20 7 0 obj << >> << /S /P The lifestyle probably would have been better as a defense lawyer. /P 8 0 R /MCID 2 $1.1 Billion Settlement: New York Opioid Jury Trial /Pg 190 0 R << /Obj 254 0 R /Pg 184 0 R /S /Link /K 8 /Pg 196 0 R 207 0 obj 190 0 obj Where to Send the Elmiron Cases: New Jersey or Pennsylvania? /S /P Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning), Machine Tools, Metalworking and Metallurgy, Aboriginal, First Nations & Native American. endobj /S /Link 93 0 R 94 0 R 95 0 R 96 0 R 97 0 R 98 0 R 99 0 R 100 0 R 101 0 R 102 0 R 1 [null null 120 0 R null null null 121 0 R null null 122 0 R /K 6 /Contents [287 0 R 288 0 R 289 0 R] /P 8 0 R /P 218 0 R /Obj 305 0 R /Pg 194 0 R /Resources 309 0 R /S /P >> /S /P /Type /MCR /S /P /K 12 81 0 obj /Pg 183 0 R >> /Pg 182 0 R /MCID 0 << /S /P 69 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) We plan on proceeding to trial this Fall against a major international engineering company as well. >> 94 0 obj << We do have some of those, and we have some lawyers that work on those, and we have young lawyers learning from my partners that are doing those cases and giving them a lot more opportunities on their feet and in the courtroom. /S /P /A 201 0 R >> /Type /MCR << /S /P >> endobj >> It's not easy to get money from the state of Michigan or any state, to settle a case like that. endobj << 23 0 obj /P 221 0 R /A 235 0 R 154 0 obj /Tabs /S 125 0 obj 239 0 obj /S /LBody 226 0 obj /K 29 Beginning in 2019, Hunter Shkolnik represented Nassau County in New York State's massive statewide lawsuit to hold accountable the various manufacturers and . He just took me to court every day. /P 8 0 R 103 0 R 104 0 R 105 0 R 106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R >> /P 199 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 184 0 R >> /StructParents 9 endobj << 21 0 obj >> /S /P 230 0 obj /P 8 0 R >> << /P 221 0 R /MCID 0 /Lang (EN-US) << /Resources 313 0 R 83 0 R 84 0 R 85 0 R 86 0 R 87 0 R 88 0 R 89 0 R 90 0 R 91 0 R 92 0 R Additionally, Mr. Shkolnik has also held officer positions in the New York State Trial Lawyers, Nassau County Bar Association and Committee Chair positions in ATLA Health Care Finance Litigation Group, Orthopedic Implant Litigation Group, AAJ Breast Cancer Litigation Group, Co-Chair AAJ Heart Device Litigation Group, and the Chair of the Medtronic ICD and CRTD Litigation Sub Group. >> /P 82 0 R /S /P Rochester suing gun manufacturers as part of anti-violence efforts , WXXI News. /S /P /Resources 285 0 R /P 8 0 R 182 0 obj /S /P /Producer (Adobe PDF Library 11.0; modified using iText 2.1.7 by 1T3XT) 160 0 obj 43 0 R 44 0 R 45 0 R 46 0 R 47 0 R 48 0 R 49 0 R 50 0 R 51 0 R 52 0 R Accepting new clients! /Pg 193 0 R /P 8 0 R /S /Table endobj /Pg 196 0 R As of this date, Hunter is married. >> >> 89 0 obj /K 3 120 0 obj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) << 59 0 obj /K 35 >> /Type /Page /P 202 0 R *Results May Vary Depending On Your Particular Facts and Legal Circumstances*. /S /P Generally, health insurance companies refuse to pay these bills, citing liability concerns. >> /Pg 183 0 R 11 Plan, McKinsey Opioid Deal With NY AG Approved Amid Objections, NY AG Opioid Trial Now Set For June Amid Virus Concerns, McKinsey Seeks New MDL As Opioid Headaches Worsen, Roundup Claimants Slam Frankenstein-ian $2B Bayer Deal, DraftKings to Pay $8 Million to Settle Consolidated Class Claims, NY Opioid Trial Defendants Want New COVID-19 Delay, DraftKings Settles MD For $720K Plus $7M In Site Credit, Judges Blast Atty For Flint Client Solicitation Efforts, Why A Judge Put The Breaks On Flint Attys Opt-Out Mailings, Judge Blocks Improper Communications In Flint Lead Case, NY to Push Back On Efforts To Split Landmark Opioid Trial, Product Liability Cases To Watch in 2021: Opioid Bellwether Trials To Start, Former Purdue Pharma Members Agree to Testify Before House Panel, Another Opioid Bellwether Delayed For COVID-19, Purdue Guilty Plea Cuts Head Off Opioid Serpent, Landmark Flint water crisis settlement grows to $641.2M as it moves to court, Settlement of Flint water crisis lawsuits takes significant step, FDA, DEA Experts Cleared To Testify In NY Ags Opioid Case, CVS, Rite Aid Say Doctors Also Liable For Prescribing Opioids, NY AGs Opioid Epidemic Jury Trial Set For Early 2021, Walmart Opioid Lawsuit a Long Shot to Thwart Federal Enforcement. /Contents [273 0 R 274 0 R 275 0 R] Says, EPA Forced to Face Flint Residents $4.5B Water Crisis Claims, Purdue Pharma family office move to WPB is salt in the wounds, lawyer says, Summit countys opioid lawsuit is going forward despite Purdues Pharma bankruptcy. 106 0 obj /P 8 0 R /S /P >> /P 8 0 R /P 8 0 R 110 0 obj /Annots [268 0 R] >> << /K 118 0 R << /StructParents 0 >> /P 218 0 R Mr. Shkolnik was asked to weigh in on a variety of legal issues. (Napoli Shkolnik is Counsel to Nassau County.). >> /Lang (EN-US) /P 8 0 R NEW YORK, August 01, 2022--A ground-breaking, 2021 Nassau County, NY case represented by Hunter Shkolnik and Napoli Shkolnik's Opioid Trial Team set the stage for this outcome. I was only out of school a couple of months, and they gave me a job and they promised me my first trial in a year, which was unheard of. Copyright Lawdragon Inc. 2005-2023. 85 0 obj >> << New York, NY, 10019. endobj 151 0 obj LD: You must have a good sense of what skills successful attorneys need, given the career youve built and the experiences youve had. >> /S /P /S /P The plaintiff side was more Wild West, gunslinger. v. Uniflight, LLC, Sikkelee: A Victory for Plaintiffs and its Implications for Aviation Product Liability Claims, Anti-clotting Drug Pradaxa Linked to More than 500 Deaths, Aquarium Sued for Placing Maine Lobster on Do Not Eat List, A man is suing the city of Hollywood, Florida after a cop shot him with a gun instead of a Taser and paralyzed him from the waist down, South Florida man paralyzed by an officer who mistook a gun for Taser sues, Man paralyzed by an officer who mistook a gun for Taser sues, Man files suit after being shot and paralyzed by Florida police officer who used firearm instead of Taser, Un hombre presenta una demanda tras recibir un disparo por un agente de polica de Florida que us un arma de fuego en lugar de un Taser, Destroz mi vida: hombre que qued paraltico demanda al polica que le dispar al confundir su arma con su taser, Ben Crump anuncia demanda contra Hollywood tras tiroteo policial que paraliza hombre, Ben Crump to Announce Lawsuit Claiming Hollywood Police Paralyzed Man Asking for Help, Civil rights attorney Ben Crump files lawsuit against Hollywood, police officers over shooting that paralyzed man, Florida civil-rights lawyer Ben Crump to sue Hollywood police for 2021 shooting, Trader Joes Sued Over Claims Chocolate Has Unsafe Lead, Cadmium Levels, City of Buffalo sues gun manufacturers, calling them a threat to public health in lawsuit, CNN. /Lang (EN-US) /P 88 0 R << /K 11 /Type /OBJR /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Type /OBJR >> << Copyright 2005-2023 Lawdragon Inc. Information displayed on Lawdragon is for general informational purposes only, the information is not legal advice and is not an endorsement or recommendation of any law firm, judge, or attorney. 3 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << /P 83 0 R 173 0 obj << Ultimately, in a short period of time, in months versus years, we got to the table and negotiated a very substantial settlement where the estate of the deceased owner and his trust, the family trust, paid substantial money to a foundation set up in the name of my client's daughter. /Subscript /Span endobj /K 28 /Tabs /S << >> 2 0 obj /Parent 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 196 0 R /P 8 0 R /P 8 0 R 127 0 obj endobj endobj endobj endobj >> /S /P /P 8 0 R >> But I started realizing the upside opportunity for me, my family, on the plaintiff side was much better. 117 0 obj /A 231 0 R /S /P At Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, we are proud of the industry-recognized attorneys who make up our legal team. /K 18 >> /S /Footnote /K 3 There was a piece of a settlement, around $15M million, and we wanted to funnel that money immediately to provide some type of real change. /S /P The owner of the helicopter was the ne'er-do-well son of a very wealthy family, he basically lived off of a trust fund. /P 90 0 R /TextBox /Art >> /Pg 186 0 R 158 0 obj >> /Pg 186 0 R /Pg 195 0 R /K 4 /Parent 12 0 R >> City of Rochester to sue gun manufacturers over local violence, CNY. >> /P 8 0 R 360 Lexington Ave. 11th Floor. /Rotate 0 /StructParents 12 >> endobj /Lang (EN-US) 146 0 obj HS: Yes. /Annots [251 0 R 252 0 R 253 0 R 254 0 R 255 0 R] << 128 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> /P 8 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 /P 8 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 8 0 R >> /Pg 196 0 R /Pg 183 0 R endobj endobj 243 0 obj /Obj 255 0 R /Parent 12 0 R 181 0 obj I didn't realize that there was no way I'd ever get that job. /Resources 267 0 R >> << /Lang (EN-US) /K 1 221 0 obj >> endobj /Pg 182 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) 179 0 R 180 0 R 181 0 R 180 0 R 106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R 111 0 R 233 0 obj /S /P >> /Lang (EN-US) 101 0 obj Hunter J. Shkolnik is an esteemed and dedicated attorney who focuses on the trials of significant personal injury cases, primarily in the area of drug, automobile, aviation-related, and heavy truck product liability litigation. 15 0 obj These Defendants played an integral role in causing and prolonging the Flint Water Crisis and possess significant liability. endobj << /StructParents 1 18 0 obj /Resources 295 0 R Osceola joins national opioid legal action against drug companies, Inside The Opioid MDLs Big Closed-Door Hearing, Former Sen. Carl Levin to mediate class-action Flint water Lawsuit, County files lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, Shreveport and Arklatex counties join lawsuit against opioid industry, Judge Sees Forum Shopping in Class Bid to Move Pollution Case, Northern District of Ohio judge picked to preside over opioid MDL, Class Action Water Contamination Lawsuit in Yaphank, New York, Detective tells why Steven Avery doesnt deserve a new trial, MDL May Be On The Horizon In Opioid Litigation, Renco Cant Shake Claims Over Poisoning In Peru, Court Told, New York Courts See Wave of Lawsuits Against Pharmaceutical Firms. Plaintiffs Liaison Committee for Personal Injury and Wrongful Death. /P 8 0 R << /P 8 0 R /Pg 196 0 R /K 119 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 187 0 R << endobj 176 0 obj << /Pg 193 0 R Now there are more connections between Hunter and Joe's world, with emails showing the relationship between Hunter and Joe's co-campaign chair, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE). He is a legal and political news analyst with extensive experience in areas such as civil and criminal law as well as election-related issues. It's taken over a year, with a couple of false starts due to ongoing Covid concerns. endobj /P 8 0 R 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R 115 0 R 116 0 R 117 0 R] Hunter J. Shkolnik is an esteemed and dedicated attorney who focuses on the trials of significant personal injury cases, primarily in the area of drug, automobile, aviation-related, and heavy truck product liability litigation. I mean, sometimes they just don't like the case, they don't like the client or what have you. /Type /Page /Pg 196 0 R endobj 186 0 obj 170 0 R 169 0 R 171 0 R 172 0 R 173 0 R 174 0 R 175 0 R 176 0 R 177 0 R 178 0 R /S /P /S /P Many large medical debt situations involve injury-related medical bills. endobj /Annotation /Span /Lang (EN-US) >> /MCID 0 /Lang (EN-US) << HS: Today, we have so much mass tort work, so you're not getting the opportunities I had to go out and try, you know, 20 automobile accident cases, just to get the feel in a courtroom, or try a medical malpractice case. /K 7 << I never had analysis on it, but some people would suggest I should.. 29 0 obj endobj endobj /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /P 75 0 R /Contents [297 0 R 298 0 R 299 0 R] << << >> At its close in December 2021, the lawsuit yielded up to $1.7 billion from the defendants, including: a $263 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson; a $200 million settlement with former opioid manufacturer Allergan; a $50 million settlement with opioid manufacturers Endo and Par ($13.85 million of which will be awarded to Nassau County); and a $1.1 billion settlement agreement with McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen, the three most prominent pharmaceutical distributors responsible for distributing and selling opioid painkillers. >> << /K [122 0 R 123 0 R 124 0 R 125 0 R 126 0 R 127 0 R 128 0 R 129 0 R 131 0 R] 156 0 obj /S /P /Pg 195 0 R << /K [8 236 0 R] endobj Senior Partner Hunter J. Shkolnik, has been appointed as Co-Liaison Counsel for the Individual Plaintiffs in In Re: Flint Water Cases (5:16-cv-10444). endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Parent 12 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) << << endobj 22 0 obj >> 92 0 obj << /S /TD endobj /S /P /Lang (EN-US) >> 204 0 obj 104 0 obj /S /P There's a lot of protection built into the law for governments. /P 8 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Contents [260 0 R 261 0 R 262 0 R] endobj /S /P << << /P 8 0 R Nassau County Bar Association, Past Vice-Chairman, Medical-Legal Committee A Florida man left paralyzed after a police officer shot him filed a lawsuit against the city, the officer and others, saying, "my life got destroyed." Partner Hunter Shkolnik and Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump represent him and state it is an "injustice" that the officer has been charged with only a misdemeanor. >> >> endobj /Type /OBJR >> endobj /K [13 0 R 14 0 R 15 0 R 16 0 R 17 0 R 18 0 R 19 0 R 20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R /K 26 << endobj << 66 0 obj 42 0 obj /K [9 232 0 R] /K 6 endobj >> >> /K [3 151 0 R 12] /Pg 190 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /Lang (EN-US) Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images. << /Pg 190 0 R /S /P /S /P >> endobj << /K 8 0 R /K 5 endobj 49 0 obj endobj /K 8 << << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 184 0 R /K 10 << >> >> LD: Like armor for the battle. << >> I'm only as good as my name and my word, going into the next case. /K 5 /Pages 5 0 R << The funds will be used in programs to address the fallout from opioid abuse the defendants marketing of opioids caused. << 80 0 obj /S /P endobj /Pg 182 0 R endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] New York had the highest population of Shkolnik families in 1920. The trial team led by Hunter J. Shkolnik, Esq. /Pg 192 0 R /P 8 0 R /Type /Page << I know youve also been heavily involved in the Flint, Mich., water crisis litigation. /Annots [296 0 R] << << CNBC Quoted Hunter Shkolnik on $23 billion drug giveaway October 31, 2019 Source: CNBC In interviews with Reuters, lawyers representing local governments in the opioid litigation said the figure proposed by Teva inflates the real value of the drugs. /Pg 183 0 R /K 13 << endobj /Pg 182 0 R 24 0 obj /S /Footnote United Airlines Backlash: Passenger Dragged Off Plane, First Law Enforcement Officer Facing Terror Charges, Michigan Couple Suing Pokemon Go Creators, Claiming Its Ruining Their Quality of Life, Mom of 3 Gunned Down In Front of Kids on Way to Daycare, Horrifying Death: Neighbors Suspect Young Woman Burned Alive Was Murdered, Bradys #12 NFL Hall of Fame MVP Jersey Missing, Britney Spears Niece Injured After Driving Into Pond, Armed Customer Shoots, Kills Alleged Shoplifter, Truck Swerving All Over Interstate Crashes into Police SUV, 94 Year Old Victim Repeatedly Hit on the Head, Mom Charged with Murder of One Son and Abuse of Another, CatWoman Facing Felony Charge in Brawl with Ex, City of Flint Water Emergency: Lawsuit Filed, Children of Flint: Flint Water Crisis Victims Speak Out. /Lang (EN-US) >> /StructTreeRoot 3 0 R /P 240 0 R /ITXT (2.1.7) endobj endobj For the last five years, if I was not working in opioids, I was working in Flint. << 78 0 obj << 241 0 obj /Pg 196 0 R /Annots [] endobj along with Partner Patrick Haines and Associate Brett Bustamante of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC obtained a $24.1 million-dollar verdict in a case. /K 5 Through no fault of their own, the residents of Flint will suffer with learning disabilities and have to undergo medical treatments for their physical and emotional ailments. /S /P Cision Distribution 888-776-0942 << My clients had all the money they needed and more. endobj >> << /Pg 183 0 R The network said Monday they "agreed to part ways." Carlson's final . >> << concentrates his area of practice to consumer class actions, mass torts and the trial of significant personal injury cases primarily in the area of drug, automobile,. << /S /P /Pg 192 0 R << /O /Layout /Pg 182 0 R "The real joke is the $29 million," Shkolnik told Business Insider, adding that the legal team opposing 50 Cent brought it to . /K [161 0 R 162 0 R 163 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R 166 0 R 167 0 R 168 0 R 169 0 R 171 0 R] >> It went to pregnant women in emergency rooms, whose babies were being born with this addiction in their bloodstreams. /S /TR /P 8 0 R endobj I just hit it at the right time. endobj 82 0 obj 76 0 obj /Type /MCR /Parent 11 0 R 133 0 obj /Contents [301 0 R 302 0 R 303 0 R] /S /P The mother of one of . /Lang (EN-US) High Level Litigation against AbbVie/Allergan and 2021 verdict against TEVA for Nassau County, N.Y. Paved the Way. 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