James Carlton Thornton's Legal Cases (4)

Defective and dangerous products

In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1358 (S.D.N.Y.).

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OUTCOME:

Represented a Research Triangle Park biotechnology research institute in multidistrict litigation pending in the Southern District of New York. The litigation involved the carcinogenic effect of Methyl ... Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE – a gasoline additive) in drinking water.

Constitutional

McDonald v. Suggs, City of Fayetteville, No. 5:07-CV-339-D, U. S. District Court, E.D.N.C.

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OUTCOME: Summary Judgment Granted in favor of client

•Prevailed as lead counsel for the City of Fayetteville in multiple Section 1983 lawsuits pending the Eastern District of North Carolina alleging excessive use of force by police officers.

Class action

John Benton, et. al. v. Omtron USA, LLC, No. 1:11-CV-840, United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina.

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OUTCOME: Dismissal filed by plaintiffs

•Lead counsel in complex commercial lawsuit in the Middle District of North Carolina involving over 100 North Carolina poultry farmers against a Ukrainian owned chicken processing company.

Defective and dangerous products

Morton et. al. v. F. Hoffman-LaRoche, LTD 7:05-CV-00199-FL, United States District Court, E. D. N. C.

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OUTCOME:

•Served as regional counsel in multidistrict litigation for the manufacturer of an insulin pump that was linked to episodes of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in diabetes patients.

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