J. Scott Bertram
Scott Bertram
Kansas City
Missouri (MO)
Class Action/Mass Torts
Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products
Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice
Profile
Mr. Bertram represents plaintiffs in catastrophic injury and death cases involving pharmaceutical products liability, medical negligence, nursing home negligence, and other personal injuries. Since 1997, he has been involved in drug product liability mass torts litigation, including Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Propulsid, Baycol, and Vioxx.
Mr. Bertram represented clients in the following multi-district litigations:
In Re Diet Drug (phentermine/fenfluramine/dexfenfluramine) Products Liability Litigation, MDL #1203;
In Re Propulsid Products Liability Litigation, MDL #1355;
In Re Baycol Products Liability Litigation, MDL #1431;
In Re Rezulin Products Liability Litigation, MDL #1348;
In Re Vioxx Product Liability Litigation, MDL #1657;
In Re Bextra and Celebrex Marketing Sales Practices and Product Liability Litigation, MDL #1699;
In Re Avandia Product Liability Litigation, MDL #1871; and
Served on the Steering Committee in In Re: Oral Sodium Phosphate Solution-Based Products Liability Litigation, in the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Case No. 1:09-SP-80000 (MDL Docket No. 2066).
Mr. Bertram is currently representing over 120 Plaintiffs who claim they have developed the movement disorder tardive dyskinesia as a result of taking the heartburn drug Reglan. Those cases are now pending in consolidated state court actions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California and Missouri.
Selected To
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2011
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2010
About Scott Bertram
Admitted: 1974, Missouri
Professional Webpage: www.bertramlawfirm.com/html/about.html#bertram
Honors and Awards:
- Mr. Bertram has been identified by members of the Kansas City Bar, and recognized in the Kansas City Business Journal, as "Best of the Bar" in personal injury/civil litigation for the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Mr. Bertram has spoken both locally and nationally at seminars on pharmaceutical product liability litigation and medical malpracticehas and has contributed to several texts, including: Medical Malpractice in Missouri and Trial Advocacy in Missouri. He is a former Chairman of the Lawyers for Children Committee of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association He is a member of the American Association for Justice, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association.
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Vice-Chairman of Lawyers for Children Committe of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association., 2002
- Chairman of Lawyers for Children Committee of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association., 2003
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Update on applicable case law, and how to try a Missouri medical malpractice case from jury selection to closing argument., Author, Medical Malpractice in Missouri, National Business Institute, 1994
- Overview of the trial of any type of plaintiff's case from jury selection to closing argument., Author, Trial Advocacy in Missouri, National Business Institute, 1996
- Opening Statement in a Fen-Phen Case, Speaker, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 1998
- Developing and Preparing Your Propulsid Case, Speaker, Mealey's, 2001
- Detailed Propulsid Warnings from the Manufacturer, Speaker, Missouri Bar, 2001
- How to Spot a Good Propulsid Case, Speaker, Mealey's, 2001
- Overview of the Nationwide Fen-Phen Settlement, Speaker, Mealey's, 2002
- How to Effectively Evaluate Whether You Have a Good or Bad Baycol Case, Speaker, Mealey's, 2002
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Recovered a confidential settlement for claimants in the Oral Sodium Phosphate Solution-Based Product Liability Litigation (Fleets)
- Recovered as co-counsel more than $5,000,000 for intermediate opt-out claimants who took the diet drug, fen-phen, 2005
- Recovered as co-counsel more than $20,000,000 for claimants who took the diet drug, fen-phen, 2007
- Recovered as co-counsel more than $100,000,000 for claimants who took the diet drug, fen-phen, 2008
- Recovered as co-counsel more than 120,000,000 for claimants who took the pain killer, Vioxx, 2009
- Recovered as co-counsel a confidential settlement for claimants who took the pain killer, Celebrex, 2009
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