George E. McLaughlin
Shareholder
303.792.5595 (Colorado office)
gmclaughlin@burgsimpson.com
Mr. McLaughlin focuses his practice on product liability, medical malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death, birth trauma, automobile and truck collisions, and cases involving chemical exposure. Mr. McLaughlin has successfully tried over 100 cases to verdict in state and federal courts in more than 30 states. For more than a decade he has been at the forefront of product liability litigation involving electric blanket fires, having recently obtained a jury verdict of $2 million, the largest reported verdict on such a case in the past ten years. A former Municipal Judge for the City of Wheeling, West Virginia, Mr. McLaughlin is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1976 and the University of Denver, J.D., 1979. He is an active member of the local and national legal communities. He is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA), the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (WVTLA), the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) - Civil Trial Advocacy, Public Justice and the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI). Mr. McLaughlin has also met the standard of excellence for selection as one of The National Trial Lawyer's Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Colorado. The Immediate Past Chair of the AAJ Product Liability Section, Mr. McLaughlin is a regular speaker on a variety of legal topics and is the author of numerous published legal papers. Mr. McLaughlin has been named by Colorado Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Colorado every year since 2007. Each year no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor.
Practice Areas
- Product Liability (consumer products, electric blanket and heating pad fires, medical devices, pharmaceuticals)
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
- Birth Trauma
- Automobile and Truck Collisions
- Chemical Exposure
Bar Admissions
- West Virginia
- Ohio
- Colorado
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Courts of Appeals, 4th Circuit; 6th Circuit; 7th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- United States District Court for the District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois
- United States Court of Federal Claims
Education
- University of Denver, J.D., 1979
- University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1976
Honors / Awards
- Colorado Super Lawyer, 2007-2011 (Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products)
Professional Affiliations
- The National Trial Lawyers
- American Association for Justice (AAJ)
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA)
- West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (WVTLA)
- National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) - Civil Trial Advocacy
- AAJ Electric Blanket and Heating Pad Litigation Group (Chairperson)
- AAJ Product Liability Section (Chair Elect)
- AAJ Finance Committee
- AAJ Ortho Evra Litigation Group
- CTLA Product Liability Committee (Co-Chair)
- Public Justice
- International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI)
Authorship
- Neonatal Group B Strep - ATLA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., July14,1998
- Electric Blanket Fires - IAAI Arkansas Chapter, Annual Convention, Hot Springs, AR, October 27, 2000
- Glade PlugIns® Fires - ATLA Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, July 26, 2005
- Electric Blanket and Heating Pad Fires - ATLA Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, July 22, 2006
- Electric Blanket and Heating Pad Fires - AAJ Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, July 15, 2008
Contact Us
1-888-895-2080
$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.Birth injury ... $9,000,000
Compensation for injuries in a birth trauma case.$5,800,000
Hynes, et al, vs. Cody Gas Company, et al: verdict for injuries, damages, losses from gas explosion.$5,350,000
Jury awards a Burg Simpson client $5.35 million for Bad Faith Breach of Insurance Contract.Gas Explosion ... $5,200,000
Compensation for serious injuries sustained in an explosion.Surgical spinal injury ... $5,000,000
Compensation for injuries sustained as a result of a surgical procedure.Aviation Accident ... $4,600,000
Compensation on behalf of plaintiffs in a ballooning accident.Auto Accident ... $2,800,000
Compensation on behalf of individuals injured in a serious motor vehicle accident.$1,300,000
Jury award to Englewood company to total more than $1 million for breach of fiduciary duties in Shareholder Class Action Case.Surgical bowel perforation ... $1,250,000
Damages awarded for surgical medical malpractice.Wrongful death as a result of medication error ... $850,000
Damages awarded for wrongful death and medical malpractice.Wrongful death as a result of a failure to diagnose ... $850,000
Damages awarded for medical malpractice.Infection contracted after heart surgery ... $800,000
Post-surgery medical malpractice results in damages award.Birth injury ... $550,000
Compensation for injuries in a birth trauma case.Nerve damage ... $500,000
Nerve damage as a result of surgical malpractice.Wrongful death medical malpractice ... $400,000
Compensation in wrongful death case.-
Surgical error / sponge left in wound ... $275,000
Compensation for injuries sustained as a result of surgical malpractice. Wrong site surgery / colon injury ... $225,000
Compensation for injuries sustained as a result of colon surgery.Surgical bowel perforation ... $100,000
Compensation for injuries sustained as a result of a surgical procedure.
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