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Class Actions & Mass Torts

Steptoe & Johnson takes a team approach to representing clients involved in class actions and mass torts, assembling the best resources of the firm for each individual case. 

Steptoe & Johnson's experience in class actions and mass torts includes representation of clients as primary counsel, as well as assistance to other primary counsel for the client by serving as local counsel.  The firm's strategic office locations and practice experience throughout West Virginia, in both state and federal courts, means Steptoe & Johnson can provide out-of-state clients with invaluable insight into the unique litigation climate in West Virginia.  The firm's experience in class actions and mass torts includes representation of clients in the following types of litigation:

  • Consumer credit and protection
  • Insurance matters, including coverage and premium issues
  • Product liability, including pharmaceuticals, asbestos, silica, benzene and manganese
  • Employment matters, including ERISA, discrimination, and wage and hour claims
  • Anti-trust, including pharmaceuticals
  • Flood litigation
  • Medical records copying charges
Representative Experience

  • Represented clients in various antitrust cases, including class actions in federal courts in Ohio, Indiana, Arizona, Arkansas, and California, involving claims of price fixing, attempts to monopolize and/or boycott claims.
  • Served as defense liaison counsel for hospital defendants in statewide class action over medical records copying costs
  • Defended companies in various toxic and mass torts (chemical exposures and massive floods allegedly caused by mining and timbering operations)
  • Opposed class certification in employment discrimination litigation and successfully defended the denial of class certification before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
  • Defended a client in a class action litigation involving claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act
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