Lindsey Scarcello
Partner
Phone Number: 816.701.1112
Email: lscarcello@wcllp.com
4740 Grand Avenue Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64112
In Brief
Trial team member for three bellwether cases In Re: 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2885)
Appointed to Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in In Re: Acetaminophen – ASD–ADHD Products Liability Litigation (MDL 3043)
Recognized for obtaining a Top 100 Car Accident Verdict in the United States in 2018
Super Lawyers Rising Star since 2021
Lindsey Scarcello’s practice is focused on the representation of injured parties, with an emphasis on complex litigation against pharmaceutical companies and consumer product manufacturers. In 2022, she was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in In Re: Acetaminophen – ASD–ADHD Products Liability Litigation (MDL 3043), consolidated in the Southern District of New York. Lindsey was a member of the trial team for three bellwether cases in In Re: 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2885), the largest mass tort in US history. She frequently works with expert witnesses to develop general and case specific opinions and defends experts at deposition. She also has significant experience deposing adverse experts and drafting motions to exclude expert opinion testimony.
Lindsey has experience at all stages of litigation, from pre-filing investigation through appeal. She has successfully represented catastrophically and fatally injured individuals in various categories of litigation, including products liability, trucking accidents, motor vehicle collisions, and premises liability. As trial counsel for a young mother injured on a rural Missouri highway, Lindsey obtained one of the Top 100 Car Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018. She has been named to the National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40 in Civil Litigation for the State of Missouri every year since 2018, and she has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star since 2021.
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3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability, MDL No. 2885
Attorneys at Wagstaff & Cartmell are involved in this product liability litigation. Tom Cartmell has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation MDL in the Northern District of Florida in front of the Honorable M. Casey Rodgers.
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Pelvic Mesh Repair System Products Liability Litigation (S.D.W.V.)
In 2012, thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide against several manufacturers of transvaginal mesh products. These cases were consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) into several MDLs before the Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin in the Southern District of West Virginia. Among the dozens of lawyers who applied for leadership positions, Judge Goodwin selected Tom Cartmell as
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Practice Areas
Other Practice Areas
- Product Liability
- Insurer Negligence/Bad Faith
- General Tort
Education
- J.D., University of Missouri – Kansas City
- B.A., University of Missouri – Kansas City
Admissions
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Honors + Awards
National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40 in Missouri (2018-present)
Super Lawyers’ Rising Star (2021-present)
Top 100 Car Accident Verdicts in the United States (2018)