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Donald R. McMinn

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Donald R. McMinn litigates a variety of complex civil matters, with a current focus on pharmaceutical products liability and insurance coverage litigation.Mr. McMinn has considerable experience defending Firm clients involved in MDL proceedings, from the time of the decision to petition for MDL status through the multi-month trial and settlement of "bellwether" plaintiffs. 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

• Idaho state court rejects innovator liability claims against Firm client Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

  Stirling v. Novartis Pharms. Corp., et al., No. CV01-18-4880 (Sept. 25, 2019)

• 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)