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Hot Topics
Explosion Accidents:
"Pooch alive after
Breck blast"
– Denver Post
"Baxter to Proceed with Recall of Remaining Heparin Sodium Vial Products"
– FDA
Yamaha Rhino ATV Rollover Accidents
and Injuries
"UBS Hit by
Another Lawsuit"
– Ben Levinsohn, BusinessWeek
"Hedge Funds
Frozen Shut"
– Matthew Goldstein, BusinessWeek
"MRI Contrast Can Cause Disease – Gadolinium Blamed
For Problems"
– Dayle Cedars
7News, Denver, CO
Results
$690,000,000
Global settlement with Eli Lilly and Company regarding its product Zyprexa negotiated by a plaintiffs' attorney group including members of Burg Simpson.
$5,800,000
Hines, et al, vs. Cody Gas Company, et al: verdict for injuries, damages, losses from gas explosion.
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Our Offices
40 Inverness Drive East
Denver, CO 80112
Phone: 303.792.5595
Fax: 303.708.0527
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Phone: 513.852.5600
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Phone: 972.934.1313
Fax: 972.231.3983
ARIZONA OFFICE
Phone: 602.508.6040
WASHINGTON D.C. OFFICE
Phone: 202.544.7600
News Briefs
Radio & Television
Radio Program:
Investors' Rights with Richard Lewins on KLIF 570
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Released on: 09/16/2007
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Released on: 07/08/2007
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Released on: 06/24/2007
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Released on: 06/17/2007
Radio Interview:
Mike Burg on SkyRadio.
Radio Interview:
Janet Abaray, co-lead in the Ortho Evra litigation, was interviewed by Mike Papantonio, co-host of Air America's Radio's Ring of Fire, on the birth control patch, Ortho Evra, that is causing fatal blood clots in young women.
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News, Press & Events
Law Week Names Attorney Diane Smith One of Colorado’s "Top Women"
Released on: 8/04/2008
"Jury award to Englewood company to total more than $1 million for breach of fiduciary duties in Shareholder Class Action Case"
Released on: 7/24/2008
"Pooch alive after Breck blast – Injured man's spaniel, Lulu, survived 8 days in wreck of outfitters' building"
– Denver Post
Released on: 4/30/2008
"Drug Makers Near Old Goal: A Legal Shield"
– By Gardiner Harris and Alex Berenson,
The New York Times
Released on: 4/6/2008
"CEO turned Craig into top 10 rehab hospital"
– By Joyzelle Davis, Rocky Mountain News
Released on: 3/12/2008
"UBS Hit by Another Lawsuit"
– By Ben Levinsohn, BusinessWeek
Released on: 3/6/2008
"Hedge Funds Frozen Shut"
– By Matthew Goldstein, BusinessWeek
Released on: 3/5/2008
Monte Carlo Resort & Casino Fire Claims
Released on: 1/28/2008
Burg Simpson attorney Seth Katz is quoted on Bausch & Lomb CEO's Retirement while ReNu litigation is pending.
Released on: 01/24/2008
Alumni Teach-In Day a Great Success at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio
Released on: 12/19/2007
Peter W. Burg Appointed to the Board of Directors for Craig Hospital in Denver, Colorado
Released on: 12/18/2007
Law Week Colorado: "At Vioxx's End – Most Who Qualify Will Take Deal, Burg Predicts"
Released on: 11/26/2007
Burg, Simpson, Eldredge, Hersh & Jardine pledge $50,000 to the Williams N. Brimmer Legal Education Center at University of Wyoming College of Law to be matched dollar-for-dollar by the State.
Released on: 06/20/2007
Seth Katz will be a presenter at the HarrisMartin's "Hot Topics in Pharmaceutical Litigation Conference", June 7-8, 2007 at the Loews Hotel in Miami Beach.
Released on: 05/16/2007
Richard Lewins has been asked to speak to the Securities Section of the Dallas Bar Association on the newly amended NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure.
Released on: 03/07/2007
Burg Simpson's Ohio Office Has Obtained Class Certification on Behalf of all Hourly Employees of Wal-Mart Stores in the State of Kentucky.
Released on: 12/04/2006
Burg Simpson Files Suit on Behalf of a New York Woman Who Suffered a Pulmonary Embolism Caused by the Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch.
Released on: 11/29/2006
Burg Simpson's Ohio office has obtained class certification on behalf of all hourly employees of Wal-Mart Stores (including Wal-Mart Stores, Supercenters and Sam's Clubs) in the State of Kentucky.
Released on: 11/22/2006
Burg Simpson Files Suit on Behalf of a Colorado Woman Who Suffered a Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis
Caused by the Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch.
Released on: 11/16/2006
Diane Smith presented "The Corporate Shield:
How Strong Is It?" at the Arapahoe County Bar Association's Business Law Section.
Released on: 11/08/2006
Stephen Johnson presented "Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Colorado after Daubert and Shreck" at the Arapahoe County Bar Association's Business Law Section.
Released on: 11/08/2006
Bad Faith Verdict
Burg Simpson shareholder, Thomas W. Henderson, and Senior Associate, Stephen M. Johnson, recently obtained a verdict in favor of their client
in a bad faith breach of insurance contract case. The case involved a claim for more than $2 million by a city in the Rocky Mountain Region against two excess insurers. Following a two-week jury trial, the jury found completely in favor of Burg Simpson's client. This verdict continues a long stretch of victories for the attorneys of Burg Simpson in bad faith cases.
Released on: 10/01/2006
Burg Simpson Attorney Named Texas Super Lawyer
Released on: 09/21/2006
Jennifer L. Thompson will be a presenter at the American Association for Justice on November 17-18.
Released on: 09/21/2006
Michael Burg will be a presenter at the Mealey's Emerging Drugs & Preemption Conference on October 26-27.
Released on: 09/21/2006
Oklahoma Men Were Severely Burned While Working on an Electrical System at Wal-Mart on Tower Road - Wal-Mart Failed to Warn the Men that a Similar Incident Occurred Less Than a Year Ago at the Exact Location.
Released on: 09/11/2006
There is new case law in Colorado regarding the stacking of underinsured motorist insurance (UIM).
Released on: 09/08/2006
Congratulations to Michael S. Burg. Michael Burg has been selected by members of the national legal community for inclusion in 2007's Best Lawyers in America.
Released on: 09/08/2006
Michael S. Burg and Janet G. Abaray to present Ortho Evra: 20,000,000 Prescriptions - Where is the Litigation Headed?
Released on: 08/14/2006
The Litigation Specialists: Burg Simpson Combines Legal Smarts and Street Smarts
Released on: 07/18/2006
Burg Simpson has teamed up with Kaps for Kendall to make hats for children and adults who have lost their hair from chemotherapy and radiation.
Released on: 06/23/2006
IRA option can topple retirement - Law lets you tap in early, but rules are tricky
Released on: 06/23/2006
Burg Simpson Files Lawsuit against Bausch & Lomb for a Woman Who Contracted Fusarium Keratitis after Using ReNu with MoistureLoc
Released on: 05/25/2006
Michael Burg has been named to the Best of the U. S.
Released on: 05/24/2006
Why don't investors have the whole story?
Released on: 05/02/2006
How some brokers go bad
Released on: 04/29/2006
Burg Simpson Attorneys Named Colorado Super Lawyers
Released on: 04/01/2006
Seth A. Katz to present Working with Experts in Pharmaceutical Cases Teleconference
Released on: 02/28/2006
Peter W. Burg to present Theories of Liability and Defenses for Bextra/Celebrex
Released on: 02/28/2006
Seth A. Katz to present at the Birth Control Patch Litigation Conference
Released on: 02/28/2006
Burg Simpson Attorneys to present at the 23rd National CLE Conference
Released on: 01/04/2006
Peter Burg appointed to the Bextra and Celebrex marketing sales practices and product liability multi-district litigation plaintiffs' steering committee
Released on: 12/14/2005
Burg Simpson Attorney to present at Mealey's Vioxx Litigation Conference
Released on: 12/13/2005
Court of appeals judge finalists selected Dec. 5, 2005
Released on: 12/05/2005
Diane Vaksdal Smith was recently quoted in an article on Resolving a Dispute Through a Small-Claims Case in the November 2005 issue of The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
Released on: November, 2005
New Jersey Jury Decides in Favor of Merck in 2nd Vioxx Trial
Released on: November, 2005
Burg Simpson Attorney to present at Ninth Annual Electronic Discovery & Records Retention Conference
Released on: 10/27/2005
Burg Simpson Attorney to present at American Association for Justice, Trends and Hot Topics in Pharmaceutical Litigation
Released on: 09/17/2005
Utahns among thousands suing the makers of Vioxx
Released on: 08/27/2005
Diane Vaksdal Smith was recently quoted in an article on small claims courts in the Sunday July 31, 2005 Wall Street Journal
Released on: 07/31/2005
Michael Burg elected as co-chair of the Zyprexa Litigation Group for the American Association for Justice
Released on: 07/25/2005
Arapahoe Bar Association: ACBA Fee Resolution Committee
Released on: 07/12/2005
Colorado Court of Appeals Affirms Large Attorneys Fees Award to Burg Simpson Clients
Released on: 06/16/2005
Mike Burg appointed to Vioxx MDL State Liaison Committee by Judge Fallon
Released on: 05/16/2005
The Fabulous Burg Brothers: Arapahoe County's Largest Law Firm
Released on: 04/26/2004
