Class Actions and Mass Torts

Bailey & Glasser brings a trial-focused litigation approach to its wide-ranging and successful class action and mass torts practice. The firm has the resources, experience and expertise to go toe-to-toe with some of the wealthiest corporations in the world. We litigate class action cases involving predatory mortgage lending, illegal loan servicing, antitrust violations, breaches of warranty, employee-rights, mismanaged pension funds, ERISA, and a host of other consumer and employee matters.

Most recently, firm partner Ben Bailey was appointed by the presiding judge to a leading role for the plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation consolidating more than 300 cases alleging sudden acceleration problems with millions of Toyota vehicles. Bailey & Glasser lawyers have been quoted in the national media regarding the sudden acceleration cases, in such outlets as the New York Times, Dateline NBC, and CNN. For more information, visit the firm's website, www.suddenaccelerationproblem.com.

Among our other cases:

• Served as lead counsel in consumer class action against H&R Block resulting in $62.5 million multi-state settlement, with $32.5 million designated for West Virginia class

• Counsel for the State of West Virginia in antitrust and consumer protection action against Microsoft Corporation, total settlement value for West Virginians of $21 million

• Settled predatory mortgage lending class action against Provident Bank for $8.1 million, on behalf of 140 class members

• Settled $7 million nationwide class action settlement against Herbalife, alleging violations of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act

• Brought statewide consumer class action against Rent-A-Center, Inc., and settled for $3.5 million cash, plus other relief and price reductions

• Co-lead counsel in successful six-week jury trial alleging Massey Coal subsidiary damaged groundwater supplies of coalfield residents; total recovery of $3.2 million

• Pursued nationwide class action brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act case against SG Sales, Inc.; settled for $2.4 million

• Served as class counsel in ERISA lawsuit against National City Corp. alleging breach of fiduciary duties in managing 401(k) plan, which settled for $43 million
• Won jury trial involving flooding claims of a group of residents against a West Virginia municipality; total recovery in excess of $1 million

• Pursued illegal mortgage loan servicing class action against National City Bank; settled for $700,000 for class of West Virginia consumers

• Brought class action against Jackson Hewitt, Inc. for class of California consumers; settled for $672,000

• Won six-week jury trial against Massey Coal subsidiary alleging nuisance from coal preparation plant; total recovery of approximately $2.4 million, plus injunctive relief valued at more than $10 million

• Appointed co-lead counsel in 2010 in ERISA class action against Wells Fargo & Co. alleging mismanagement of Wells Fargo 401(k) plan, which settled for $17.5 million

• Appointed lead counsel in class action against Ames True Temper, Inc. in case seeking unpaid pension benefits on behalf of members of steelworkers union

Lawyers

John W. Barrett jbarrett@baileyglasser.com Athanasios Basdekis tbasdekis@baileyglasser.com Elizabeth Hoskins Dow ldow@baileyglasser.com Brian A. Glasser bglasser@baileyglasser.com Leona Z. Goldshaw lgoldshaw@baileyglasser.com Robert P. Lorea rlorea@baileyglasser.com Jonathan R. Marshall jmarshall@baileyglasser.com

Michael L. Murphy mmurphy@baileyglasser.com Gregory Y. Porter gporter@baileyglasser.com Aaron Robinson arobinson@baileyglasser.com John Roddy jroddy@baileyglasser.com Elizabeth Ryan eryan@baileyglasser.com Eric B. Snyder esnyder@baileyglasser.com Stacy I. Snyder ssnyder@baileyglasser.com

Investigators/Consultants

Charles F. Little clittle@baileyglasser.com