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Tom Cartmell represented Federal Signal Corporation, a manufacturer of sirens for emergency vehicles, in this mass tort product liability litigation in Missouri involving firefighters’ product liability claims of hearing loss.

Wagstaff & Cartmell is heavily involved in this MDL.

Tom Cartmell has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the four Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation MDLs in the Southern District of West Virginia in front of the Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin. He is Co-Lead Counsel for the Ethicon MDL.

Jeff Kuntz is currently the head of the Expert Committee and Bellwether Trial Committee for this case.

Diane Watkins is co-chair of the Privilege Log/Confidentiality Order Task Force and a member of the Third-Party Discovery Task Force.

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.

Wagstaff & Cartmell is involved in this MDL against JUUL Labs, Inc.

Tom Cartmell has been appointed the Plaintiff’s Government Entity Liaison Counsel of the JUUL Labs Inc. MDL in the Northern District of California in front of the Honorable William H. Orrick.

Tom was appointed by the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee. He personally represented clients from across the nation in this product liability litigation in the Southern District of New York arising out of injuries suffered from ingestion of ephedra containing weight loss supplements. Tom acted as settlement-resolution counsel on behalf of plaintiffs in the NVE and MuscleTech litigation, resulting in more than $50 million in settlements.  Tom’s cases also Included settlements for multiple clients in excess of $9 million.

Attorneys at Wagstaff & Cartmell worked on this case in which Tom Cartmell was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the District of Arizona in front of the Honorable David G. Campbell.

David DeGreeff also served as a member of the Medical Monitoring Class Action Committee for this MDL, and was recently appointed by the Judge to serve on the Common Benefit Fee Committee. He was also a member of the trial team In Booker v. Bard Peripheral Vascular, et al., resulting in a $3.6 million verdict including $2 million in punitive damages. This verdict is included in the top ten product liability verdicts in the state of Arizona. The verdict was on behalf of an individual injured by a Bard IVC filter and was the first bellwether case tried in that litigation.

D.R.I. $184 million global settlement of more than 2,600 cases in MDL.

Jeff Kuntz was a member of the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee for this case. He helped try the first Bellwether case in the multidistrict litigation.

N.D. Tex. Total settlements in MDL reported to be more than $1.7 billion

Tom Cartmell serves on the Steering Committee in this case pending in the Northern District of Texas in front of the Honorable Ed Kinkeade. This case involves hip implants and includes claims of negligent design and failure to warn.

D.N.J. $358 million global settlement of more than 2,200 cases in MDL.

David DeGreeff served as a member of the Science and Experts Committee and oversaw the Secondary Science Document Review.

Jeff Kuntz was appointed to the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee for this case.

Tom Cartmell was appointed by the Honorable Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District of California as a member of the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee on this case. He also served as co-lead trial counsel in this product liability multi-district litigation arising out of the use of the medications Bextra and Celebrex. The lead case settled on the eve of trial and ultimately all cases in the MDL settled for more than $745 million.