J. Carter Thompson

National product liability counsel for major health care manufacturer and asbestos defendants.

National counsel for defendants in Phenergan®/promethazine HCI injection litigation; obtained numerous summary judgments and dismissals. 

Served as counsel for a defendant in talcum powder litigation.

Served as a relationship partner and regional counsel for a Fortune 25 manufacturer and distributor of pharmaceutical and medical products.

Served as lead counsel for the distributor of anesthesia medication in more than 250 cases involving more than 4,000 plaintiffs in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Served as lead counsel for a homeopathic drug manufacturer in a California putative class action alleging false drug labeling.

Represented a college loan service provider in a consumer protection action brought by the Mississippi Attorney General.

Represented an over-the-counter product manufacturer in a consumer protection action brought by the Mississippi Attorney General alleging the company engaged in false and deceptive labeling.

Represented several defendants in covered outpatient drug litigation brought by the Mississippi Attorney General.

Represented a manufacturer of opioids in actions brought by the Mississippi Attorney General, political subdivisions, and hospitals alleging over-promotion.

Served as lead counsel for multiple defendants in the Mississippi Average Wholesale Price (AWP) Litigation brought by the Mississippi Attorney General.

Serve as Mississippi counsel for pelvic mesh manufacturer in consumer protection case brought by the Mississippi Attorney General as well as individual product liability cases.

Represent former Chief Executive Officer of specialty pharmacy in breach of contract and preliminary injunction suit against new owner of the limited liability company which owns the specialty pharmacy.

Represent former owners of specialty pharmacy in breach of contract suits involving the sale of the company and a promissory note for purchase price.

Mississippi counsel for manufacturer of inferior vena cava filters in multiple cases remanded to Mississippi federal courts from MDL.

Served as deputy regional defense counsel in California-based multi-district litigation involving a hepatitis C infection resulting from a blood derivative withdrawn from the worldwide market; tried one of the cases in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, for more than four months.

Represented the manufacturer of a component part of commercial refrigeration unit in product liability suits. Excluded plaintiff's expert and received summary judgment on eight of ten claims in Georgia case involving serious burns. Obtained unanimous jury verdict at trial on remaining claims. The case was the Featured Verdict in the February 2014 issue of Verdict Search Georgia.

Represented a breast implant manufacturer in a product liability case alleging defective design.

Provided successful defense in numerous legal malpractice cases.

Provided a successful defense in nurse and pharmacy malpractice cases.

Obtained a jury verdict in favor of the manufacturer of an industrial forklift in a catastrophic injury case.

Represented a fire extinguisher and fire systems service company involving a fire that occurred in a manufacturing facility located in Newport, Tennessee. Plaintiffs asserted allegations of negligence, breach of contract, breach of warranty and other causes of action. The damages alleged by plaintiffs were in excess of $31.5 million.

Represented a minority owner of a limited liability company in a case against the majority owner.

Secured dismissal of product liability cases against health care company that alleged that the company's dialysis equipment was defectively manufactured.

Represented a drug manufacturer in a suit brought by a former employee—retained after the plaintiff took a $2.5 million default judgment in state court, successfully removed the case, and had the default judgment set aside; obtained dismissal without prejudice following the default judgment being set aside; obtained dismissal of the amended complaint with prejudice of the employee's claims for constructive termination, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

Defended a Lanham Act case brought against a pharmaceutical manufacturer and distributor.

Defended the manufacturer of a spine stimulator and its field representative in a case alleging failure to properly instruct and monitor the plaintiff.

Defended a pharmaceutical company in a case alleging a baby formula was defective and unreasonably dangerous.

Successfully obtained an order granting a motion to dismiss the manufacturer of a dermatological skin cream in a case alleging the product was defective and unreasonably dangerous.