is a large personal injury and medical malpractice law firm headquartered in New York, specializing in asbestos litigation.
[1] The firm has 84 associate lawyers and 3 partners, with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
[1] According to The New York Post, in 2014 "Weitz & Luxenberg won a record $190 million in a consolidated trial for five mesothelioma victims who worked in different jobs for different employers.
[7] That same year, McCarthy hired Weitz & Luxenberg to sue over 70 asbestos companies for her lung cancer.
McCarthy claims in the lawsuit that asbestos fibers stuck to their clothing, were carried home, and caused her lung cancer.
[8] Weitz & Luxenberg often advises companies it assists with pre-packaged bankruptcies to retain the services of Gilbert Heintz & Randolph (GHR) in order to make proceedings move faster.
GHR specializes in litigating coverage disputes with insurance companies on behalf of asbestos defendants.
Congoleum's insurers challenged the appointment of GHR on the grounds that the bankruptcy code requires lawyers hired to represent debtors in possession to have no interests adverse to the estate and to be otherwise totally disinterested.
Perry Weitz helped set up the trusts for Owens Corning, USG, and Kaiser Aluminum.
[11] In 2006, Weitz & Luxenberg won a $25 million verdict against DaimlerChrysler in Manhattan's special asbestos court.
[11] Ford Motor Company accused Weitz & Luxenberg of engaging in misleading conduct in the case of Arthur Juni.
Ford asked Judge Barbara Jaffe to reduce the $11-million verdict in the case because it believes the plaintiff could have filed claims with the Raybestos and Wagner bankruptcy trusts.
Ford relied on a 2014 ruling by Judge Hodges in the Garlock bankruptcy to show that delaying the filing of trust claims was a routine practice.