GEORGE W. MURGATROYD III, of counsel
GMurgatroyd@BaumHedlundLaw.com
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Class Actions , Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Lender Liability, Personal Injury Law,
Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability, Wrongful Death Law

Born:

• Baltimore, Maryland, 1948
  

Education:

• University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980)
  
• Southwestern University School of Law (J.D. cum laude, 1983)
  

Admissions:

• California, 1983
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1984
  
• District of Columbia, 1987
  
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1991
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1991
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2002
  
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2004
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007
  

Member:

• State Bar of California
• The District of Columbia Bar
  
• Plaintiff Trial Team, 1991-1992, Ford Motor Company School Bus Crash, Carrollton, Kentucky, 1988
  
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Surfrider Foundation, Malibu Chapter

Awards and Honors:

• AV® 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated through Martindale Hubbell
• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
• Who's Who in the World
  
• Who's Who in American Law

Published Cases:

• Motus v. Pfizer, Inc. 127 F.Supp.2d 1085 (C.D. Cal. 2000)
  
• Cartwright v. Pfizer, Inc. 369 F.Supp.2d 876 (E.D. Tex. 2005)
• Zikis v. Pfizer, Inc. Case No. 04 C 8104, 2005 WL 1126909 (N.D. Ill. 2005)
• Witczak v. Pfizer, Inc. 377 F.Supp.2d 726 (D. Minn. 2005)
• Tucker v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 596 F.Supp.2d 1225 (S.D.Ind. 2008) (granting plaintiff's motion for reconsideration and holding that plaintiff's claims are not preempted by the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act)
• 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)
• Cunningham v. SmithKline Beecham, 255 F.R.D. 474 (N.D.Ind. 2009) (ordering defendant to produce documents and awarding sanctions)
• Tucker v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., __ F.Supp.2d __, 2010 WL 1266487 (S.D.Ind., March 30, 2010)

Practice Areas:

• Class Actions
• Complex and Multi-District Litigation
• Consumer Litigation
• Lender Liability
• Personal Injury
• Pharmaceutical Drug Liability
• Wrongful Death Law