Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo
About the firm
Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C. is one of New York's largest plaintiffs' personal injury firms, founded in 1926, with departments covering automobile accidents, construction site injuries, medical malpractice, product liability, municipal liability, mass torts, and aviation and maritime claims. The firm has recovered over $2 billion for clients in the last ten years and serves as General Counsel to the Uniformed Firefighters Association of New York, having secured more than $615 million for 9/11 rescue and recovery workers on a pro bono basis.
Notable results
Sullivan Papain was among the firms representing New York State against Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard, securing a $25 billion recovery through the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.
Sullivan Papain served as court-appointed co-liaison counsel in the World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation, helping secure a settlement of more than $712 million for roughly 10,000 police officers, firefighters, and construction workers who developed serious respiratory and other illnesses after working in the toxic ruins of the World Trade Center.
A Bronx jury in February 2016 awarded $183 million to five FDNY firefighters and the families of those killed after the city was found 80% liable for removing personal safety ropes years before a 2005 Bronx tenement fire that forced six firefighters to jump from a fourth-floor window.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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