Class Action/Products

Lemmings v. Second Chance Body Armor, et al., CJ-2004-62 (Mayes County District Court, Oklahoma) (Goodpaster, J.) (Feb. 9, 2005) (certifying national class of purchasers and users of defective bullet proof vests)

Tompkins, et al. v. BASF Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 96-59 (Trail County, N.D.) (May 13, 1997) (multi-million dollar settlement arising from marketing fraud involving agricultural products)

Ren-Dan Farms, et al. v. Monsanto Co., et al., No. 68,466 (10th Jud. Dist. Ct., Natchitoches, LA) ($7 million national class action settlement fund for farmers arising from damages caused by "genetically altered cotton")

In re Asbestos School Litigation, 104 F.R.D. 422, 40 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 8 (E.D. Pa. 1984) (Certified national class action for school asbestos removal), aff'd in part, 789 F.2d 996 (3d Cir. 1986), cert. denied sub nom. National Gypsum Co. v. School District of Lancaster, 107 S.Ct. 318 (1986) and Celotex Corp. v. School District of Lancaster, 107 S.Ct. 182 (1986)

Brummett, et al. v. Skyline Corporation, 38 Fed.R.Serv. 2d 1443, No. C-81-0103-L(B) (W.D. Ky.) (certified and then decertified economic harm class action under Magnuson-Moss for damages arising from the use of formaldehyde in mobile homes; first construction of Magnuson-Moss holding that 100 named plaintiffs are unnecessary in an action which was removed to federal court)