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Kathleen O. Gallagher

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Kathleen O. Gallagher practices in the Firm’s Complex Litigation, Government Contracts, and Toxic Torts & Products Liability groups.  Her practice involves commercial litigation claims and disputes focusing on the areas of complex construction and engineering litigation and arbitration in federal and state courts, and government contract disputes and claims before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and the U. Read More >

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Precedents

• The Zometa® Cases

  Hollingsworth LLP outwits well-funded plaintiffs' attorney group by prevailing in early trials (including plaintiffs' trial picks) in consolidated litigation for client Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

• The Parlodel® Trilogy

  11th Circuit affirmance in Rider v. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals completes circuit court Daubert sweep in Parlodel® litigation.

• Favorable settlement reached for Norfolk Southern in largest single tort case in South Carolina history

  Avondale Mills, Inc. v. Norfolk Southern Corp., Civ. No. 1:05-2817-MBS (D.S.C. 2008)

• Court dismissed $4B claim brought by the State of New Mexico against Firm client General Electric.

  New Mexico v. Gen. Electric Co., 467 F.3d 1223 (10th Cir. 2006)

• Federal court grants Daubert and summary judgment motions filed by Firm client General Motors in PCB lawsuit.

  Allgood v. General Motors Corp., No. 1:02-cv-1077-DFH-TAB (S.D. Ind. Sept. 18, 2006)

Verdicts & Opinions

• Federal district court dismisses putative class action against Sherwin-Williams

  Brad Lafferty, et al. v. The Sherwin-Williams Company, et al., Case No. 1:17-cv-06321, at *8 (D.N.J. Aug. 21, 2018)

• Federal court judge holds N.J. statute precludes punitive damages and “fraud” exception is preempted

  McWilliams v. Novartis AG, et al., No. 2:17-cv-14302-RLR (July 31, 2018)

• New Jersey Superior Court grants Firm client Avon Products, Inc.’s motion for summary judgment in talc litigation.

  Martinez v. American International Industries, et al., No. MID-L-1120-17AS (June 15, 2018)

• 11th Circuit Affirms Firm Client Novartis’s Summary Judgment Win Based on Daubert Exclusion of Causation Experts’ Testimony in Reclast® Case

  Jones v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., No. 17-11063 (11th Cir. Apr. 30, 2018)

• Court narrows American Guarantee’s defenses to Norfolk Southern’s claim for additional insured coverage while allowing Norfolk Southern’s counterclaim for statutory penalties to be tried.

  American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, et al., Case No. 3:16-cv-129 (E.D. Tenn., Oct. 6, 2017)

Upcoming Events

• PFAS Chemicals: With Regulatory and Litigation Tides Rising, Lessons from Past Mass-Tort Battles

  Join this Washington Legal Foundation live Webcast on July 18, 2019 at 1pm EDT with Hollingsworth LLP partners Frank Leone and Ann Marie Duffy.