Current Cases
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Class Action Targets GM Over Dangerous Engine Defect in Popular SUVs, Trucks
DiCello Levitt represents consumers in a nationwide class action lawsuit against General Motors LLC (GM) for selling and leasing vehicles equipped with dangerously defective 6.2-liter V8 EcoTec3 L87 engines. The lawsuit alleges that GM knowingly concealed a serious engine defect that can cause sudden and catastrophic engine failure—putting drivers, passengers, and others on the road … Continued
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DiCello Levitt Wins Landmark Ninth Circuit Victory in Google Chrome Privacy Class Action
DiCello Levitt achieved a landmark victory for users of Google’s Chrome web browser, reinstating a nationwide data privacy class action that challenges Google’s intentional collection of Chrome users’ personal information without their consent. On August 20, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the Northern District of California’s summary judgment in … Continued
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DiCello Levitt Fights for Fair Labor Standards on Behalf of Over 20,000 Corrections Officers
DiCello Levitt continues to champion workers’ rights and to fight for fair labor standards across the country. The firm achieved significant milestones in two wage and hour cases on behalf of tens of thousands of corrections officers in North Carolina and Wisconsin, with trial courts certifying classes in both states. The lawsuits allege corrections officers … Continued
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Social Media Companies May Be Held Accountable in Buffalo Mass Shooting
DiCello Levitt won a major victory in our efforts to achieve justice for the victims of the racially motivated mass shooting in a Buffalo, New York, grocery store when, in May 2024, a New York State Supreme Court judge ordered that a lawsuit move forward against Meta, TikTok, and numerous other social media companies, as … Continued
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Greenville Water Sues U.S. Pipe Over Defective Infrastructure
DiCello Levitt represents South Carolina public water utility Greenville Water in a lawsuit against United States Pipe and Foundry Company LLC and its distributors over defective ductile iron pipes installed in Greenville Water’s public water systems. The case, filed in the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, alleges that ductile iron pipe … Continued
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DiCello Levitt Helps Lead Major Lawsuit To Protect Consumer Privacy in Vehicle Data Tracking MDL
DiCello Levitt represents plaintiffs in a major multidistrict litigation that addresses unauthorized tracking and collection of consumer vehicle driving data. Pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, this case consolidates numerous claims against major corporations, including General Motors (GM), OnStar, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. (LNRS), and Verisk Analytics Inc., for … Continued
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DiCello Levitt and Co-Counsel Uncover Corporate Landlords’ Alleged Price-Fixing Scheme To Inflate Housing Costs
DiCello Levitt, alongside Hausfeld LLP, serves as Plaintiffs’ Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel in an antitrust class action aimed at dismantling an alleged price-fixing scheme that artificially inflated lot rents across the United States. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, this litigation targets nine manufactured home community management companies and … Continued
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DiCello Levitt Represents City of Baltimore in Catastrophic Key Bridge Collapse
In one of the largest maritime disasters in U.S. history, on March 26, 2024, the historic Francis Scott Key Bridge in the City of Baltimore collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship, the M/V Dali, after it lost power while beginning to transit the bridge. This tragedy not only resulted in a devastating loss … Continued
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Class Action Takes Aim at Honda for Defective Auto Idle-Stop Feature
DiCello Levitt represents consumers in a group of class action lawsuits against Honda for selling and leasing certain Honda and Acura models that suffer from a dangerous defect that can cause their engines to stall while idling, putting the vehicles’ drivers and other motorists at risk of serious injury and death. The affected vehicles—which include … Continued
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Hair Relaxers and Cancer
Hair relaxers are widely used. Studies suggest up to 90% of Black and Brown women have used hair relaxers and straighteners. Hair relaxers contain a wide range of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that interfere with the normal activity of the endocrine system. Exposure to hair relaxers usually begins in a woman’s formative childhood years and continues … Continued
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Camp Lejeune Poisoning Injuries
For decades, over a million of our nation’s dedicated service members and their families were poisoned by contaminated drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Fortunately, recently enacted legislation empowers people to recover damages for their injuries. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act, a bipartisan bill signed into law in August 2022, … Continued
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Paraquat Herbicide and Parkinson’s Disease
Since at least the mid‐1960s, experts have known that the herbicide paraquat—manufactured, marketed, and distributed by Chevron and Syngenta—is highly toxic to both plant and animal cells. Paraquat has been used since that time to kill broadleaf weeds and grasses before the planting or emergence of more than 100 field, fruit, vegetable, and plantation crops. … Continued
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Tepezza and Hearing Loss
In January 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Tepezza, manufactured by Horizon Pharmaceuticals, to treat thyroid eye disease. TED inflames the eye muscles, eyelids, tear glands and fatty tissues behind the eye, which pushes the eyes forward causing bulging (known as proptosis) and may cause double vision. The signs and symptoms of TED … Continued
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ADM Profits From Not Selling Its Product While Other Ethanol Producers Pay the Cost
DiCello Levitt seeks damages from ADM for ethanol market manipulation. On October 26, 2021, Green Plains Inc. and its subsidiaries filed a lawsuit against Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) for illegally manipulating the ethanol market to the detriment of other businesses in the industry, including Green Plains. As both a seller and trader of ethanol, … Continued
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Survivors Seek Justice for Sex Trafficking and Abuse by Fashion Mogul
DiCello Levitt represents dozens of sex trafficking victims against the disgraced Peter Nygard. On June 11, 2020, Jane Does No. 1-57 filed their Second Amended Complaint against Peter Nygard and his network of privately-owned companies, alleging a sprawling international sex trafficking venture with hundreds of survivors and dozens of enablers. Since that filing, more than … Continued
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No Rest for Marriott: Hotelier Faces Lawsuit Over Data Breach Affecting 400 Million
DiCello Levitt persuades court that consumer data has inherent value. In September 2018, Marriott International discovered a data breach on its network affecting more than 300 million American consumers. From 2014 to late 2018, hackers exploited a weakness in Marriott’s computer network, enabling them to access Marriott’s guest reservation system to steal customer data. Marriott … Continued