Vioxx Litigation
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Represented manufacturer of Vioxx in Washington State ligitation, 2004- Present
Seattle, WA
Life sciences and biotechnology Lawyer at Seattle, WA
Practice Areas: Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Class Action ... +2 more
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Represented manufacturer of Vioxx in Washington State ligitation, 2004- Present
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Defended and tried $75,000,000 property damage suit involving two largest aluminum manufactuers in the world, May 2006.
OUTCOME: Defense Summary Judgment GRANTED, Appealed
Defense of nationwide class action case. Defeated nationwide class certification when trial court denied nationwide class certification based upon lack of factual and legal predominance. Trial court on ... reconsideration certified a class of approximately 18,000 Washington state purchasers of certain annuity contracts involving alleged failure to credit interest properly. In March 2007, Judge Charles Mertel, GRANTED Northern Life's summary judgment motion thereby dismissing plaintiffs' case with prejudice. Plaintiffs appealed. Court of Appeals overturned summary judgment of dismissal finding that there was a genuine issue of material fact and found that a nationwide class should have been certified by the Trial Court. A Petition for Review by the Washington Supreme Court, filed by Northern Life, is pending.
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Represent Bayer Corporation in PPA litigation and in MDL proceedings before Judge Barbara Rothstein, 2001-present.
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2001-2005.
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Represented CNA in 5-day underinsured motorist arbitration involving major brain damage claim, 1998.
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Represented personal watercraft industry in declaratory judgment action to strike ordinance banning personal watercraft as unconstitutional, 1996-1998.
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National Coordinating Counsel for Seabest Foods, Inc. in defense of mass tort litigation, class action litigation, commercial litigation, and securities litigation resulting from E Coli 0157:H7 epidemi ... c from hamburger patties cooked at Jack-in-the-Box restaurants, 1993-1997 (Tried the only case tried to verdict - August 1997)
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Represented Burroughs Wellcome Co. in defense of cyanide tampering cases, 1991-1992.
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Five week trial of serious personal injury case.