Small business owners chop down corporate giant Weyerhaeuser in antitrust lawsuit.
In April of 2008, following a two week trial, Steve Crew, working with affiliated lawyers from Washington D.C., won an $84 million jury verdict against timber giant Weyerhaeuser for unlawfully monopolizing the market for finished alder lumber. The class action lawsuit was brought on behalf of 400 to 500 businesses that use alder logs to produce finished products — all of who had been unfairly targeted by Weyerhaeuser’s illegal activities. To date, the verdict is the largest-ever antitrust verdict in Oregon or Washington.