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WCB In The News

• The Nation article decries V.A. handling of veterans' disability claims
• WCB Files Supreme Court Brief
  WCB files Amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court on major preemption issue in prescription drug cases.
• WCB Helps Secure Benefits Victory for Veteran
  Medical evidence overcomes Department's denial of benefits to Agent Orange victim.
• 2008 Individual Honors for WCB Lawyers

• Causation and Exposure in Toxic Tort Cases

• $109 Million Rent-A-Center Class Action Settlement for New Jersey Customers
• Court Awards Attorney Fees in Civil Rights Victory
  On March 13, 2008, Judge Curtis Joyner of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued an order awarding over $209,000 to three lawyers of Williams Cuker Berezofsky for their work in securing a verdict against a school district which a jury found violated the civil rights of an elementary school student.
• Judge upholds $400,000 verdict against school district for mistreatment of ADHD/Asperger's Syndrome victim
• Chemical Companies Can be Found Responsible for Conspiracy to Cover Up Dangers of vinyl Chloride

WCB In The Community

• Williams Cuker Berezofsky and its members actively support several community organizations, including Public Justice,  the National Consumer Law Center, and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization devoted to ending the epidemic of breast cancer.
• Christine Campbell is Vice President of Maryville, Inc., a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, serving all in need, including those without the ability to pay. She also directs a children's choir in South New Jersey.
• Kevin Haverty served on the New Jersey Death Penalty Commission, whose work, completed in 2006, led to the abolition of the death penalty in the Garden State.
• Mark R. Cuker has participated in a wide variety of activities to Memorialize the Victims of the Holocaust, and has served in leadership roles in the following organizations:
  
  • Sons and Daughters of Holocaust Survivors
  • American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
  • Memorial Committee of Philadelphia Jewish Community Relations Council
  • Beth Tikvah Bnai Jeshrun Synagogue
• Andrew Erba is a member of the indigent appointment panel of the Quarter Sessions Court of Philadelphia, providing legal assistance to defendants unable to pay for representation. He is also a member of the National Lawyers Guild Legal Observer Committee.
• Gerald J. Williams is past President of Citizens for Consumer Justice Political Action Committee, and is a Sustaining Member of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He is also an active participant in the Mens Senior Baseball League, and the Villari Bocce Ball League of South Philadelphia.
• Esther E. Berezofsky serves on the Board of Directors of Public Justice, and is a Sustaining Member of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• Michael Quirk is the Civil Justice Fellow Advisor for the Drum Major Institute of Public Policy, a civil rights organization in New York.
• Sam Abloeser is on the Board of Martins Run Senior Residential Community, where he chairs the Ethics Committee.