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INJURY LAW

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Lieff Cabraser's International Network of Legal Information Websites

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a fifty-plus attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. We are a law firm that represents only plaintiffs. For over thirty years, our trial lawyers have successfully represented plaintiffs in individual, class and group cases in the fields of personal injury and mass torts, securities fraud, employment discrimination and unlawful employment practices, product defect, antitrust, consumer protection, aviation, environmental and toxic exposure, and human rights.

Our attorneys enjoy a national reputation for professional integrity and the successful prosecution of our clients' claims. We possess sophisticated legal skills and the financial resources necessary to handle large, complex cases, and to take on some of the world's largest corporations. For the last five years running, we have been ranked as one of the top plaintiffs' law firms in the United States by the National Law Journal.

We maintain a global network of websites:

Lieff Cabraser.com is our firm's main website providing information on our comprehensive and diverse practice, including the areas of law for:

Practice-Area Specific Websites:
- Global Aviation Law highlights our representation of victims and families of victims of aviation disasters, including airplane crashes and helicopter accidents in the United States and worldwide.
- Lieff Cabraser Securities profiles our legal services for investors who suffered losses due to securities fraud and other financial wrongdoing.
- Personal Injury Lawyer America provides extensive information from our trial lawyers for persons injured by the intentional or negligent conduct of another or by defective products, including faulty medical devices, dangerous prescription drugs and dangerous over-the-counter drugs.
- US Auto Injury Law contains government vehicle safety recommendations, as well as explanations from our trial attorneys on why manufacturers are liable for SUV rollover accidents, 15 passenger van crashes, tire tread separations and other types of car accidents and fires.

Lawsuit-Specific Websites:
- Employment/Employee Rights Cases:
  - AFjustice.com describes the settlement of the employment class action lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch for discriminating against African-American, Latino and Asian-American employees and job applicants.
  - American Family Overtime Lawsuit provides information on the class action suit against American Family by workers for overtime pay.
  - Cintas Gender Discrimination Suit summarizes a lawsuit against Cintas for allegedly denying sales and driving positions to women.
  - Costco Gender Discrimination Lawsuit offers information on the class action lawsuit relating to CostCo's alleged discrimination against women seeking management positions.
  - Federal Express Race Discrimination summarizes the class action suit against FedEx Express for alleged race discrimination against Latino and African-American hourly employees.
  - Race and Color Class Action Settlement with Morgan Stanley provides information on the settlement reached in our race discrimination case against Morgan Stanley.
  - Smith Barney Gender Discrimination summarizes the gender discrimination claims against Smith Barney by female financial advisors.
  - Wells Fargo Overtime Wages Class Action describes a suit against Wells Fargo for allegedly denying overtime compensation to business system automation and production support workers.
- Personal Injury Cases:
  - Butter Flavoring Lung Injuries reviews health risks posed by the flavoring agent, diacetyl. Dangers include the fatal lung disease bronchitis obliterans.
  - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Lawsuits provides safety tips on how to avoid the "invisible killer" of CO poisoning.
  - Guidant Recall Lawsuit describes personal injury lawsuits charging negligence by Guidant for manufacturing defective medical devices, including defibrillators and pacemakers.
  - International Blood Factor Hemophilia Litigation describes Lieff Cabraser's representation of persons with hemophilia who contracted HIV and/or Hepatitis C after blood transfusions.
  - Medtronic Heart Lead Recall offers information for heart patients, from seniors to children, who received defective defibrillator leads manufactured by Medtronic Inc.
  - Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Stroke Side Effects provides detailed information on the risk of strokes and blood clots from the birth control patch and on the legal rights of women who suffered severe adverse effects from Ortho Evra.
  - Switch Fires provides clear, concise information on switch fires linked to allegedly defective cruise control switches on various Ford vehicles.
    - en Espanol - Incendio en Switch
  - Vioxx Injury Legal Resources highlights the litigation against Merck due to heart attacks and strokes suffered by Vioxx patients.
  - Yamaha Rhino Rollover and Recall
- Antitrust/Other:
  - Gasoline Price-Fixing Lawsuit provides information on antitrust litigation against CITGO Petroleum Corporation, Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian government's oil company, and Motiva, the Russian government's oil company, for conspiring with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), to fix the price of gasoline and other oil-based products in the United States.

Lieff Global, LLP -- Lieff Cabraser is affiliated with the law firm Lieff Global, LLP. Lieff Global is an AV-rated law firm with offices in San Francisco and New York, and affiliate offices worldwide. Lieff Global grew out of the rapid expansion of the international and aviation practices at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, which Robert L. Lieff founded in 1972. Lieff Global maintains the following websites:

Lieff Global.com -- main website for the Lieff Global firm.
Global Aviation Law highlights Lieff Global's representation of victims and families of victims of aviation disasters, including airplane crashes and helicopter accidents in the United States and worldwide.
Global Justice Forum

DEFECTIVE VEHICLES - PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEYS

We are committed to providing the very best representation and support possible for our vehicle injury clients, and to obtaining the highest compensation available under law for their claims.

Contact an attorney at Lieff Cabraser to discuss your legal rights at no cost or obligation.

OUR PROMISE TO YOU

Our lawyers have years of experience successfully representing clients in personal injury cases.
There is no charge or obligation for our review of your case.
In death and serious injury cases, we are pleased to visit you where you live, at no cost, to discuss your legal rights and answer your questions.
We have retained automotive safety and medical experts nationwide to assist our clients with their claims.

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a national plaintiffs' law firm of over 50 lawyers with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Our attorneys are recognized for the successful prosecution of lawsuits involving deaths, personal injuries and property damage due to defective products, including dangerous and defective vehicles.

In 2007, in Mraz v. DaimlerChrysler, Lieff Cabraser attorneys, with local co-counsel, obtained the fourth-largest verdict in California for the year. At trial, plaintiffs showed that a defective transmission was responsible for making a Dodge Dakota pickup shift into reverse and run over Richard Mraz.

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