Georgia Peanut Butter Processor

Location: Nationwide

Number of Claimants: Over 15,000 claimants

Facts: Serves as monitoring counsel responsible for coordinating the defense of a Georgia peanut butter processor linked to a nationwide Salmonella outbreak in 2007. Litigation resulted in over 30 class actions and 600 suits being filed against WWHGD’s client. The majority of suits were consolidated in an MDL. The class claims were defeated via summary judgment. 

Discovery: WWHGD is working with coordinating counsel in the implementation of an Intranet to store document databases, calendars, suit logs, expert information and depositions.

Case results: Still ongoing.

Clients

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• Successes