Gary L. Wilson
Experience
Practice focuses on complex litigation, including commercial disputes, appellate litigation, and product liability matters.
Selected Results*
Counsel in Charbonneau v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc.. Represented plaintiffs in first Mirapex products liability bellwether trial. On July 30, 2008, jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $8,279,300, including $7.8 million in punitive damages for failing to warn of risk of compulsive behaviors, including pathological gambling, from the Parkinson's drug Mirapex.
Counsel in Zwayer v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc.. Represented plaintiffs in second Mirapex bellwether trial. Case was confidentially settled prior to closing argument.
One of the partners heading the firm's litigation on behalf of persons injured by Vioxx.
One of the partners leading the firm's litigation representing clients injured by the St. Jude mechanical heart valve.
One of the attorneys who represented the State of Minnesota and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota against the tobacco industry.
Worked on the litigation concerning the defective Bjork-Shiley artificial heart valve.
One of the attorneys who represented the Government of India against Union Carbide regarding the Bhopal India gas disaster.
Memberships
- American Law Institute, Consultant Group of Aggregate Litigation
- American Law Institute, Consultant Group on Tort Law
- American Trial Lawyers Association
- Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association
- International Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association (Food and Drug Committee)
Bar Admissions
- California
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Minnesota
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif (1986)
- University of Wisconsin, B.A.
Articles
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Chantix Patients Report Dangerous Side-Effects
(January 30, 2009)
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Federal Judge Approves Settlement Over Baxter Infusion Pumps
(July 13, 2006)
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Consumer Alert: Fosamax May Cause Osteonecrosis ("Jaw Death")
(April 12, 2006)
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New Study Shows Women Using the Ortho Evra Birth-Control Patch Double Risk of Blood Clots Compared With Those Taking Birth-Control Pill
(February 17, 2006)
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Ortho Evra Birth-Control Patch Exposes Women to High Estrogen Levels, Potential Risk of Dangerous Blood Clots
(November 22, 2005)
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Consumer Alert: Guidant Defibrillators Recalled
(June 20, 2005)
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Consumer Alert: Guidant Ventak Prizm 2 Defibrillator
(May 24, 2005)
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Latest News on VIOXX Recall
(April 27, 2005)
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Vioxx Pulled Off the Market Because of Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
(Friday, October 1, 2004)
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Consumer Alert: FDA Panel Urges Stronger Child and Adolescent Suicide Warnings on Antidepressants, including Paxil, Zoloft and Effexor
(September 15, 2004)
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Ephedra Products Raise Questions
(April 11, 2003)
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Reports That Persons Implanted With St. Jude Heart Valves With Silzone Coating May Be At Risk for Thrombus, Thrombosis and Stroke
(2001)
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The Future of Products Liability Law in America
27 William Mitchell Law Review 85 (2000) (with Dan O'Fallon and Vince Moccio)
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Punitive Damages
Minnesota Cause of Action Manual, (MTLA 1999)
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Minnesota's Tobacco Case: Recovering Damages Without Individual Proof of Reliance
25 William Mitchell Law Rev. 567 (1999) (with Jason Gillmer)
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Listen to the FDA: The Medical Device Amendments Do Not Preempt Tort Law
19 Hamline Law Rev. 409 (1996)
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A Misstatement of Minnesota Product Liability Law
21 William Mitchell Law Rev. 369 (1995) (with Michael Ciresi)
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International Bar Association Committee S (Product Liability, Advertising Unfair Competition and Consumer Affairs) Newsletter
Regular Contributor as U.S. Correspondent (September 1994-present)
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Prescription for Harm: Pharmacist Liability
Trial, Vol. 30, No. 3 p. 36 (May 1994) (with Martha Wivell)
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Aftermath of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy: A Collection of Materials
Institute for Legal Studies, Madison, Wisconsin (1987) (with Marc Galanter)
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Seattle Times: What Effect on Discovery Sharing
Wisconsin Law Review (1985)
Selected Speeches
- Tort Reform: Here We Go Again
Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, Minneapolis, MN (May 22, 2003)
- Minnesota Punitive Damages
Faculty Presenter, Minnesota Trial Lawyers' Association, Minneapolis, MN (May 14, 1999)
- Attorney Client Privilege and Discovery Ethics: Lessons Learned From the Tobacco Litigation
Minnesota Law and Politics, Minneapolis, MN (April 11, 1999)
- Product Liability: the New Restatement of Products Liability and Its Effect on Product Liability Litigation
Faculty Presenter, Minnesota Law and Politics, Minneapolis, MN (September 8, 1997)