Jackson Kelly’s Health Care Litigation practice area has played a significant role in a wide variety of national pharmaceutical cases.
Our attorneys have experience in the following pharmaceutical litigation:
- Serving as National Defense Liaison Counsel in litigation involving anti-depressant medication
- Coordinated more than 7,000 lawsuits consolidated in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- Working closely with in-house and national trial counsel to attend court proceedings, draft pleadings and discovery responses, review and analyze documents, and conduct depositions relating to the plaintiff-specific claims and medical issues
- Serving as national counsel for distributors in opioid litigation
- Representing West Virginia physicians in West Virginia separate class actions involving medications used to treat diabetes, high cholesterol, and pain
- Representing pharmaceutical company in approximately 500 hormone therapy cases filed in state and federal court, including one consumer fraud case with pending motion to certify a statewide class action
- Representing pharmaceutical company in mass litigation involving diet drugs
- Representing pharmaceutical company in cases involving cough and diet medications filed in West Virginia federal courts in which the Firm was responsible for the plaintiff-specific discovery and medical case and expert development
- Representing pharmaceutical company in cases involving contrast agents used in MRI scans
- Representing pharmaceutical company in litigation involving an anti-psychotic medication
- Representing hospitals in class actions related to medical records charges
- Representing physician group in class action related to contaminated steroids
- Attorney General Suits
- Representing one of the seven companies operating pharmacies in West Virginia sued by state Attorney General for alleged violations of West Virginia Pharmacist Law and Consumer Protection Act in connection with the pricing of certain pharmaceuticals
- Representing distributors in suits by state Attorney General for alleged violations of federal regulations related to opioid medications
- Governmental Affairs
- Representing pharmaceutical companies in governmental affairs and before trade organizations that serve that industry
- Active members in Chambers of Commerce and the Business and Industry Councils
- Medical Analysis and Expert Development
- Defending toxic tort and personal injury litigation with sophisticated medical analyses provided by attorneys and a team of nurses
- Using in-house medical team to provide invaluable assistance in analyzing and challenging plaintiffs’ medical claims, particularly with respect to the reliability, admissibility, and credibility of opinions offered by its retained experts
- Identifying, contacting, and retaining highly-qualified scientific and medical experts from leading institutions to provide evidence-based analyses of toxic exposure claims
