Torts Class Actions
Overview
Crowell & Moring's tort lawyers are nationally recognized in the defense of consumer, occupational, and environmental tort class action cases. Members of our environmental and toxic tort practice and class action team have been cited in the National Law Journal's annual list of top defense verdicts and named to Best Lawyers in America in products liability, mass and community-wide tort litigation. We regularly serve as lead counsel in class actions and as national coordinating counsel in courtrooms across the country.
Insights
Press Coverage | 09.19.23
Publication | 02.08.23
Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.14.21
COVID-19 Development – CDC Issues New Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated Individuals
Press Coverage | 06.16.20
Businesses Ask Patrons To Waive Right To Sue If They Get Ill
Representative Matters
- Represented The Regents of the University of California in 17 class actions stemming from a cyber-intrusion at the UCLA Health System involving the records of 4.5 million individuals. We worked closely with the client in investigating the intrusion, coordinating responses to multiple regulatory bodies and liaising with the FBI, and we negotiated a class wide settlement without formal discovery.
- Representing United Healthcare and its affiliated companies in numerous nationwide class actions, including in a three-week trial in the Northern District of California. Obtained dismissal of prayer for monetary relief seeking a billion dollars.
- Representing General Motors in more than 20 high profile nationwide and multi-state consumer class action lawsuits throughout the United States. Many of these lawsuits involve GM’s premiere automotive brands and bring breach of warranty, consumer fraud and false advertising claims under state and federal laws.
- Representing CSX Transportation in class actions alleging antitrust violations, breach of contract, negligence, and nuisance claims arising from railroad operations and business practices.
- Representing Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies in nationwide antitrust multidistrict litigation. This MDL centralizes over 50 class actions asserted by plan members, physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers accusing Blue Cross Blue Shield companies and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association of conspiring to violate antitrust laws by limiting competition through exclusive service area.
- Obtained unanimous defense verdict in consumer class action after two-week jury trial in federal court on behalf of the world’s leading manufacturer of homeopathic drugs. Plaintiff brought claims on behalf of a class of consumers alleging false advertising under California’s Unfair Competition Law (Section 17200) and Consumer Legal Remedies Act.
- Representing United Airlines in its defense of a putative antitrust class action pending in an MDL proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Insights
Press Coverage | 09.19.23
Publication | 02.08.23
Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.14.21
COVID-19 Development – CDC Issues New Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated Individuals
Press Coverage | 06.16.20
Businesses Ask Patrons To Waive Right To Sue If They Get Ill
Professionals
Insights
Press Coverage | 09.19.23
Publication | 02.08.23
Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.14.21
COVID-19 Development – CDC Issues New Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated Individuals
Press Coverage | 06.16.20
Businesses Ask Patrons To Waive Right To Sue If They Get Ill
Insights
Press Coverage | 09.19.23
Publication | 02.08.23
Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.14.21
COVID-19 Development – CDC Issues New Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated Individuals
Press Coverage | 06.16.20
Businesses Ask Patrons To Waive Right To Sue If They Get Ill