CARA J. LUTHER
CLuther@BaumHedlundLaw.com
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Aviation Accidents, Commercial Truck Accidents, Mass Disaster Litigation, Personal Injury Law,
Pharmaceutical Drug Liability, Railroad Accidents, Wrongful Death Law

Born:

• Asheboro, North Carolina, 1945

Education:

• University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, (B.A., Biology, 1968)
• University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, (J.D., 1986)

Admissions:

• Pennsylvania, 1988
• District of Columbia, 1989
• Maryland, 1991
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1994
• U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1998
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2005

Member:

• The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Litigation Section)
• The Bar Association of the District of Columbia
• Maryland Bar
• Maryland State Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar
• Registered Medical Technologist and Registered Specialist, Hematology American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 1979-1983
• Licensed Insurance Agent, Health Annuities, Maryland, 1986-1989
• Licensed, National Association of Securities Dealers, 1987-1989
• American Association for Justice

Awards and Honors:

• Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
• Who's Who in American Law
• Strathmore's Who's Who (2002)
• National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award, 2002

Published Cases:

• Knipe v.SmithKline Beecham, 583 F.Supp.2d 553 (E.D.Pa 2008) (Denying Defendant's motion for summary judgment and holding that plaintiffs' failure to warn claims are not preempted by the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act)
• Knipe v. SmithKline Beecham, 583 F.Supp.2d 602 (E.D.Pa. 2008) (Denying defendant's motion for summary judgment and holding that defendant had a duty to issue warnings regarding off-label uses and also allowing plaintiff's claims for punitive damages to proceed to the jury)
• Collins v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 2008 WL 744070 (Pa. Ct.Com.Pl. March 11, 2008)

Practice Areas:

• Aviation Accidents
• Commercial Truck Accidents
• Mass Disaster Litigation
• Personal Injury Law
• Pharmaceutical Drug Liability
• Railroad Accidents
• Wrongful Death Law