Attorney Profiles
George W. Murgatroyd III Los Angeles, California
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George Murgtroyd focuses his practice on pharmaceutical products liability, working chiefly on antidepressant injury cases including Paxil related suicide cases.
- Areas of Practice:
- Catastrophic Injury
- Class Actions
- Complex and Multi-District Litigation
- Pharmaceutical Products Liability
- Wrongful Death
- Bar Admissions:
- California, 1983
- District of Columbia, 1987
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1984
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1991
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1991
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2004
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2002
- Education:
- Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California,
1983
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude - University of California, Los Angeles, California,
1980
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Representative Cases:
- In re Eli Lilly & Co., Prozac Products Liability Litigation, 789 F.Supp. 1448 (S.D.Ind. 1992)
- 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)
- Representative Clients:
- Member, Pl Trial Team, Ford Motor Co. School Bus Crash, Carrollton, KY
- Plaintiffs Cnsl, Ford Motor Company School Bus Crash, Carrollton, KY
- Plaintiffs Cnsl, Three Rivers Boat Regatta Disaster, Pittsburgh, PA
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Aeroperlas Air Crash, Panama City, Panama, 1990
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Arrow Air Crash, Gander, Newfoundland, 1985
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Cancun Tour Bus Crash, 1993
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Cessna 210 Air Crash, Manassas, Virginia, 1990
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Continental Express Crash, Durango, Colorado, 1988
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Delta Airlines Crash, Dallas, Texas, 1988
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Girl Scout Bus Crash, Palm Springs, CA, 1991
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Grand Canyon Airlines Crash, Phoenix, AZ, 1989
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Hatchie River Bridge Collapse, Covington, TN, 1989
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Hot Air Balloon Tour Crash, Phoenix, AZ, 1990
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Northwest Airlines Crash, Detroit, 1987
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Perris Valley Skydivers Crash, Perris, CA, 1992
- Plaintiffs Counsel, Prozac Drug Litigation, 1990
- Plaintiffs Counsel, San Francisco Earthquake, 1989
- Plaintiffs Counsel, United Airlines Crash, Colorado Springs, CO, 1991
- Plaintiffs Counsel, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa, 1989
- Plaintiffs Counsel, USAir/Skywest Airlines Crash, Los Angeles, 1991
