Berger, David

Berger, David
▪ 2008

      American lawyer

born Sept. 6, 1912 , Archbald, Pa.

died Feb. 22, 2007 , West Palm Beach, Fla.
won large settlements in several high-profile class-action lawsuits as a pioneer in the practice of such suits. He was among the first to apply the rules for class actions to antitrust violations, and from 1963 he filed a series of suits alleging price-fixing by assorted industries. Berger won a $2.5 billion settlement on behalf of employees of the bankrupt Penn Central Railroad and a $25 million award for Pennsylvania residents affected by the nuclear accident in 1978 at the Three Mile Island power plant.

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