Allison Rachel McLaughlin

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Of Counsel

  Firm Name

  Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Cases: Allison McLaughlin is a member of WTO's class action defense team
  is the primary author of numerous high-profile appellate briefs, including before the U.S. Supreme Court. She also has significant employment litigation experience.
  In re: Sears, Roebuck & Co. Front-Loading Washer Products Liability Litigation (7th. Cir. 2017) - Won unanimous Seventh Circuit victory in a fee dispute for Whirlpool
  Sears arising out of a certified federal class action lawsuit that WTO favorably settled after winning a defense verdict in the bellwether trial of related claims.
  Glazer v. Whirlpool (N.D. Ohio 2014) - Won a complete defense jury verdict for Whirlpool in a $66 million certified class action trial in Ohio involving allegedly moldy washing machines.
  Brown v. Whirlpool (N.D. Ohio 2014) - Obtained dismissal of class action allegations
  15 of 17 claims against Whirlpool in an environmental toxic tort case. Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their remaining claims after the court's ruling.
  Successfully obtained a class settlement for Pilot Flying J as national resolution counsel in diesel rebate litigation.
  Represent Electrolux, a global leader in household
  commercial appliances, in certain consumer class actions nationwide
  in product liability matters filed in Colorado.
  Authored petitions for writs of certiorari in the high-profile appeals of class certification in Glazer v. Whirlpool
  Butler v. Sears, which the Supreme Court granted, vacated,
  rem
  ed to the Sixth
  Seventh Circuits for reconsideration in light of the Court's decision in Comcast v. Behrend.
  Tietsworth v. Sears (N.D. Cal. 2013) - Defeated a motion to certify a nationwide breach of warranty class in a case alleging that certain Kenmore washing machines contained defective electronic control boards that caused the machines to malfunction.
  Ruppel v. CBS, 701 F.3d 1176 (7th Cir. 2012) - Drafted an amicus curiae brief for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in an appeal urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to correct the district court's improper application of the federal officer removal statute. The Seventh Circuit reversed the rem
  order from the Southern District of Illinois.
  Obtained summary judgment for a national healthcare food services company in a case alleging wrongful discharge
  hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
  Rush v. Whirlpool (W.D. Ark. 2008) - Defeated certification of a multistate class action in Arkansas federal court involving claims that certain Whirlpool-made refrigerators were defective.
  Obtained dismissal of ERISA claims in a case alleging that one of Colorado's leading wine
  spirits distributors improperly refused to pay medical bills on the ground that the plaintiff lacked st
  ing to sue, a decision that was upheld by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
  Obtained a temporary restraining order in Denver District Court against a retailer
  its owner in a br
  -protection case WTO h
  led for a well-known appliance manufacturing company.