This isn't a lawsuit — it's a reckoning.
This isn't a lawsuit — it's a reckoning.
Paul Farrell, Jr. is Leading the Largest Lawsuit in U.S. History
The Nation's Top Legal Expert on Opioids
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Paul Farrell, Jr., Featured In:
$10 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict
Riggs v. WVU Health
Negligence on the part of those who are supposed to care for us can severely damage our quality of life. Such was the case with Allison J. Riggs, who, at 14 years of age, underwent ACL reconstruction surgery at West Virginia University Health’s Ruby Memorial Hospital. During the surgery, Ms. Riggs contracted a severe bacterial infection that led to ongoing health problems for years to come. Unfortunately, Ms. Riggs will never regain the years of her childhood lost to illness. But, thanks to Attorney Paul Farrell, Jr., she did gain a sense of justice.Read more
about Paul Farrell Jr.'s case Riggs v West Virginia University Health
$38 Million Nursing Home Negligence Case
We trust nursing homes with a sacred duty: to help us care for our loved ones in their final years. So when a facility instead brings harm to our most vulnerable family members and friends, the betrayal can be devastating. In the case of 88-year-old Mrs. Douglas, a nursing home's negligence proved fatal. When Mrs. Douglas' family sued, the nursing home company dragged the case on by appealing the initial decision awarding damages to the family. Paul Farrell, Jr. ensured that the decision was upheld on appeal, helping to secure $38 million in compensation — and some justice for Mrs. Douglas.
Read moreabout Paul Farrell, Jr.'s work on the case Manor Care Inc. v DouglasA Leader in the National Transvaginal Mesh Litigation
Attorney Paul Farrell, Jr., filed one of the first Transvaginal Mesh cases in the country which resulted in the consolidation of some 80,000 cases from across the United States in federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, where he served on the MDL Executive Committee. Mr. Farrell served as trial counsel in a $2 million dollar bellwether verdict, which was followed by an $18.5 million verdict in 4 consolidated cases.Read more
about Paul Farrell Jr.'s work on the national transvaginal mesh litigationThe Top Legal Expert on Opioids in the Nation
MDL 2804, National Prescription Opiate Litigation
Paul Farrell, Jr., has been appointed Co-Lead of MDL 2804, National Prescription Opiate Litigation, where more than 2,700 cases are pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He is lead counsel of record for 700+ docketed cases filed on behalf of governmental entities across the country in MDL 2804 and widely recognized by his peers as a pioneer and authority on the diversion claims directed against the opiate prescription drug manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers.
Read moreabout Paul Farrell Jr.'s work leading the national opioid litigation
Paul Farrell, Jr.
Paul T. Farrell Jr. practices law in Huntington, West Virginia, and has been appointed Co-Lead of MDL 2804 styled, In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, where more than 2,700 cases are pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
He is lead counsel of record for 700+ docketed cases filed on behalf of governmental entities across the country in MDL 2804 and widely recognized by his peers as a pioneer and authority on the diversion claims directed against the opiate prescription drug manufacturers, distributors and dispensers.
Mr. Farrell filed some of the first diversion cases in the country in southern West Virginia and initiated the proceedings leading to the formation of MDL 2804 centralized in Ohio. Mr. Farrell is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (1994) and the West Virginia University College of Law (1997).
Paul Farrell, Jr.
Paul T. Farrell Jr. practices law in Huntington, West Virginia, and has been appointed Co-Lead of MDL 2804 styled, In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, where more than 2,700 cases are pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
He is lead counsel of record for 700+ docketed cases filed on behalf of governmental entities across the country in MDL 2804 and widely recognized by his peers as a pioneer and authority on the diversion claims directed against the opiate prescription drug manufacturers, distributors and dispensers.
Mr. Farrell filed some of the first diversion cases in the country in southern West Virginia and initiated the proceedings leading to the formation of MDL 2804 centralized in Ohio. Mr. Farrell is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (1994) and the West Virginia University College of Law (1997).
January 11, 2021anemptytextllinePlaintiffs’ attorneys, including Huntington’s Paul Farrell Jr., had previously pointed to data that showed the opioid epidemic was worsening during th...- January 11, 2021anemptytextlline“If not for the delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the public would already know the truth about how the opioid distributors created and fueled t...
- January 5, 2021anemptytextllineCourts have hesitated to move to virtual settings, in large part because the scale of the opioid litigation — thought to be the most complex in U.S. h...
- December 10, 2020anemptytextllineA federal judge in West Virginia has indefinitely postponed a trial date in a lawsuit filed by the city of Huntington and Cabell County over the opioi...
- January 11, 2021anemptytextllinePlaintiffs’ attorneys, including Huntington’s Paul Farrell Jr., had previously pointed to data that showed the opioid epidemic was worsening during th...
- January 11, 2021anemptytextlline“If not for the delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the public would already know the truth about how the opioid distributors created and fueled t...
- January 5, 2021anemptytextllineCourts have hesitated to move to virtual settings, in large part because the scale of the opioid litigation — thought to be the most complex in U.S. h...
- December 10, 2020anemptytextllineA federal judge in West Virginia has indefinitely postponed a trial date in a lawsuit filed by the city of Huntington and Cabell County over the opioi...