Cases
Experience: Experience
Represents product manufacturers in product liability, personal injury,
breach of warranty cases with an emphasis on manufacturers in the fields of oil
gas, industrial machinery, recreational vehicles,
automobiles.
Represents manufacturers of veterinary pharmaceutical products in product liability
breach of warranty cases.
Represents corporate defendants in class action litigation, including warranty, fraud, consumer protection,
civil rights litigation.
Represents clients in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death,
commercial damages cases.
Representative Matters
Class Actions: Successfully defeated class certification by consumers alleging fraud
conspiracy to commit fraud in relation to sales of prescription pharmaceuticals, Haley v. Merial, Ltd., 292 F.R.D. 339 (N.D. Miss. 2013).
Currently representing private prison corporation in 42 U.S.C. 1983 putative class action filed by inmates regarding alleged deprivation of food
medical services
case pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Obtained dismissal for an auto manufacturer in a putative class action alleging breach of warranty, negligent misrepresentation, concealment,
violations of the Mississippi consumer protection act
case pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Represented manufacturer of residential building products in consumer class action alleging breach of warranty, product defect,
misrepresentation
successfully resolved claim prior to class certification
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Veterinary Pharmaceuticals
Biologics: Obtained dismissal of all claims against veterinary vaccine manufacturer, Franklin Livestock, Inc. v. Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., 251 F. Supp. 3d 962 (E.D.N.C. 2017), affirmed 2018 WL 2058053 (4th 2018).
Obtained complete defense judgment in bench trial regarding alleged lack of efficacy claim regarding veterinary pharmaceutical, Ortego v. Merial, LLC, Civ. A. No. 6:10-cv-00510 (W.D. La.).
Currently representing veterinary vaccine manufacturer in suit involving an equine vaccine
case pending in Missouri State Court.
Successfully represented veterinary vaccine manufacturer in suit involving swine vaccine, Livingston Enterprises, Inc. v. Lextron, Inc., 2012 WL 2571184 (D. Neb. 2012).
Energy Litigation: Represented pipeline construction company in personal injury suit filed by welder, McGee v. Willbros Const., US, LLC, A. No. 5:11-CV-00080-DCB-JM, 2011 WL 5082254 (S.D. Miss. Oct. 26, 2011).
Represented casing/tubing manufacturer in commercial damages suit filed by owners/operators of natural gas well, Roundtree & Assocs., Inc. v. V&M Star, L.P., Civ. A. No. 3:08-cv-572 (S.D. Miss. 2010)
Represented owner/operator of disposal well in personal injury suit filed by pump truck manufacturer, Tanner v. Eagle Oil & Gas Co., Case No. 111-0013 (Jasper Co. Cir. Ct. 2013)
Represented owner/operator of oil well personal injury suit filed by work-over rig operator. Sistrunk v. Tellus Operating Group, LLC, Case No. 2011-018 (Smith Co. Cir. Ct. 2012)
Represented pipeline construction company in multiple personal injury actions
wrongful death action arising from explosion that occurred during nitrogen pressure test, LeBlanc v. Gr
Bluff Construction Co., Inc., Docket No. 92439 (15th Judicial District Court, Vermillion Parish, La. 2013)
Represented pipeline owner/operator as plaintiff in a commercial damage case following fire at tank farm, Mid-Valley Pipeline Co. v. Summit Seals, Inc., Civ. A. No. 5:12-cv-66 (S.D. Miss. 2013)
Represented owner/operator of prototype recycling plant located in Quebec, Canada, in multiple personal injury actions, Fox v. 4403100 Canada, Inc., Civ. A. No. 10-3065 (E.D. La. 2010).
Product Liability: Currently representing manufacturer of residential air conditioning unit in wrongful death
personal injury suits pending in Mississippi state court
Currently representing manufacturer of construction hoist in personal injury matter pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Represented manufacturer of off-road recreational vehicle in multiple personal injury
wrongful death case pending in Mississippi state
federal courts
Represented manufacturer of kitchen appliance in multiple wrongful death
personal injury cases involving apartment fires pending in Mississippi state courts
Represented manufacturer of insecticide in multiple cases alleging crop loss
Represented manufacturers of plywood/particle board in personal injury suit alleging exposure to formaldehyde pending in Mississippi state courts.
