Dennis L. Murphy

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Dennis Murphy is a first-chair trial lawyer with more than 30 years experience in mass tort, product liability, and commercial litigation. He has tried dozens of cases; defends against class actions and claims by individuals for personal injury, medical monitoring, RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act), and unfair competition; and coordinates complex litigation nationwide.

Dennis represented commercial sterilizer Isomedix in mass tort, environmental exposure personal injury claims, including at trial, to a successful resolution. He also helped successfully defeat medical monitoring claims against Isomedix. He has tried product liability cases for R.J. Reynolds for decades, in courts around the country, including in Illinois, Washington, Florida, New York, Massachusetts, and New Mexico. This includes defense verdicts in multiple plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions. He has coordinated litigation for Reynolds in Ohio, New York, Louisiana, Washington, and Iowa, among other places. Dennis was lead counsel at trial in Michigan and Kentucky for orthopedic implant maker Zimmer, Inc. (now Zimmer-Biomet) and related entities in cases arising from Zimmer's acquisition of competitive distributors. He also successfully defended Zimmer in RICO, antitrust, and employment litigation. Dennis has obtained injunctions for Zimmer and other clients enforcing noncompete, business contracts, and other obligations. He has defended Macy's in business litigation and Sherwin-Williams in public nuisance lead paint cases.

Dennis serves on the Firm's Lawyer Training Committee and regularly conducts training on trial practice. He is active in the Firm's pro bono practice and is an author of the Ohio chapter in Tort Law Desk Reference — A Fifty State Compendium (Aspen).

担当案件

  • R.J. Reynolds wins complete defense verdict in Agnitti wrongful death lawsuitFollowing more than five weeks of trial, a jury in state court in Woburn, Massachusetts returned a complete defense verdict in favor of Jones Day client, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, in a wrongful death case.
  • R.J. Reynolds wins complete defense verdict in Kinnally wrongful death lawsuitFollowing three and a half weeks of trial, a jury in state court in Boston, Massachusetts returned a complete defense verdict in favor of Jones Day client, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, in a wrongful death case.
  • Commercial sterilization company defends against multiple personal injury lawsuitsJones Day serves as lead counsel for a commercial sterilization company in multiple personal injury cases.
  • Commercial sterilization company defends against putative class actionJones Day is representing a commercial sterilization company in a putative class action seeking medical monitoring damages from Ethylene Oxide exposure at a facility formerly owned by the client.
  • Mexican immigrant secures release from ICE detention facility due to increased risk of serious illness from COVID-19At the request of The Legal Aid Society of Greater Cleveland, Jones Day recently secured the release of a Mexican immigrant with underlying health conditions from ICE detention.
  • R.J. Reynolds wins jury verdict in federal Deshaies ''Engle progeny'' lawsuitOn February 3, 2014, following six days of trial and approximately 90 minutes of deliberation, a jury in Tampa, Florida returned a verdict in favor of Jones Day client R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in a personal injury action finding that the smoker was not an Engle class member.
  • Mehoopany Wind Energy settles litigation with RES America Construction over multi-million dollar wind farm developmentJones Day represented Mehoopany Wind Energy LLC ("MWE"), the owner of a 9,000 acre wind farm in Pennsylvania consisting of 88 wind turbines.
  • R.J. Reynolds wins jury verdict in Baker ''Engle progeny'' lawsuitOn September 19, 2012, after three weeks of trial, a state court jury in West Palm Beach, Florida returned a verdict in favor of Jones Day client R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in a wrongful death case.
  • Zimmer wins judgment on pleadings dismissing untimely unfair competition claimsOn January 20, 2011, Judge Stanton Wettick of the Commerce and Complex Litigation Center of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings dismissing the final claims pending against Jones Day clients Zimmer and Zimmer-Randall Associates ("Zimmer"), along with all other defendants, in litigation asserting improper and unfair competition.
  • R.J. Reynolds wins jury verdict in Campbell ''Engle progeny'' lawsuitJones Day secures complete defense verdict for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in an "Engle progeny" lawsuit.
  • Zimmer wins dismissal of federal antitrust and RICO litigation in Third CircuitOn June 1, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in a 3-0 decision, affirmed a dismissal with prejudice of federal antitrust and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) claims brought against Jones Day client Zimmer, Inc., denied plaintiffs leave to amend on remand, and directed entry of judgment in favor of the defendants with costs.
  • Residence restrictions to sex offenders do not apply to client who had been convicted long before those restrictions were enactedWith supervision from Dennis Murphy, of Jones Day Cleveland, Ashlie Case completed representation of a sex offender from Parma.
  • Sherwin-Williams wins preliminary injunction decision in first case invalidating contingency fee agreement on due process groundsThe Court of Common Pleas (Lucas County, Ohio) dismissed the City of Toledo's lawsuit against a group of former manufacturers of lead pigment and lead paint, including Jones Day client, The Sherwin Williams Company.
  • R.J. Reynolds defends putative class action consumer fraud case in Louisiana courtJones Day defended R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in a putative class action consumer fraud case filed in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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