RICO

Bonilla et al. v. Trebol Motors Corporation, et al., No. 92-1795 (JP) (D.P.R.) (RICO class certified and case tried to verdict of $129,500,000; reversed on appeal as to one defendant); see also Bonilla v. Volvo Car Corp., 150 F.3d 88, 41 Fed.R.Serv.; Bonilla v. Trebol Motoros Corp., 150 F.3d 77, BANKR.L.REP. p. 77, 756 (1st Cir. (Puerto Rico) July 28, 1998) (No. 97-1140, 97-1143, 97-1145); Bonilla v. Volvo Car. Corp., 150 F. 3d 62 (1st Cir. (Puerto Rico) July 28, 1998) (No. 97-1135).

In re Synthroid Marketing Litigation, 188 F.R.D. 295 (N.D. Ill. 1999) (loss occurred upon purchase; not dependent on any future event)

James A. Dale, M.D., et al. v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., No. 89-4057 (May 14, 1990) (Debevoise, J.) (allowing civil RICO suit by two former drug company executives who were discharged for failing to cooperate in company scheme to deceive consumers and regulators on the hazards of various drug products) featured in R. Bell, Impure Science: Fraud, Compromise and Political Influence in Scientific Research (1992), Chapter 6, pp. 144-82 ("Impure Profit: Marketing Medicine In Scientific Research"); Drug Data Withheld, Two Charge: Johnson & Johnson Accused of Plot, Phila. Inq. (October 6, 1989) p. B18

Local 7-515, Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAWIU, et al v. American Home Products, et al., Civ. No. 92-1238 (JP) (D.PR.) (Order of April 13, 1992, certifying national class of workers who lost jobs as a result of fraudulent job transfers to Puerto Rico under civil RICO theory) (Order of September 17, 1992, approving $24 million settlement)

Slattery v. Costello, No. 83-0982, 586 F. Supp. 162 (D.D.C. July 28, 1983) (First civil RICO class action and early application of civil RICO to service contract)