"The best firm for class actions in the U.S.," is how a contributor to The Legal 500 U.S. 2008 described Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell.

WTO's class-action defense team has the depth and experience to try certified class actions anywhere in the United States. From the defense of nationwide commercial and consumer-fraud claims to insurance matters to product-liability litigation, the firm has tried some of the largest class actions in the country during the past 10 years. Further, WTO is the only law firm that serves as Whirlpool's national counsel for class-action matters.

Following is a list of the more than 100 class-action matters that WTO lawyers have handled.

Product Liability

• Guidant
  Three nationwide class actions involving Class III medical devices
• Dow Corning
  Alabama class action involving breast implants
• Ford
  Three cases involving:
  Nationwide class action involving thick film ignition modules in 12 million vehicles
  Missouri class action involving automobile transmissions
  Alabama class action involving the Bronco II
• General Electric
  Class action litigation involving asbestos
• International Paper
  Class action litigation involving a roofing product
• Maytag
  Class action involving personal injury due to allegedly defective gas oven
• Nissan North America
  Putative class action involving allegations of defect in Nissan passenger-side airbags
• Wyeth
  Class action litigation involving the pharmaceutical Fen-Phen

Commercial / Consumer

• Whirlpool Corporation
  31 class actions involving home appliances
• Sears
  23 of the Whirlpool class actions included Sears as a co-defendant
• Maytag
  Five class actions involving home appliances
• Ford Motor Company
  Consumer-fraud class-action involving claims for relief exceeding $2 billion
• Nissan North America
  Class action involving Nissan minivan
• Aetna and Aetna US Healthcare
  Challenge to nationwide HMO system of healthcare
• American Airlines and AMR
  Jet fuel and Avgas tax class action
  Denver International Airport baggage handling litigation
• AT&T Wireless
  Nationwide class action involving billing for cell phones
• BP America Production
  Six major gas royalty underpayment class actions in New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas

Insurance

• Allstate Insurance
  Seven cases involving:
  Purported failure to offer extended PIP benefits to insureds in Colorado
  Alleged nationwide class action related to customer service and quality service pledge programs
  Alleged Colorado class actions related to automobile coverage and premium pricing
  Alleged class actions regarding UM/UIM, motorcycle PIP coverage, and diminished value litigation
• Aetna and Aetna US Healthcare
  Alleged nationwide class litigations filed throughout U.S.
• Aetna Health Plans
  Colorado class action, resolved by dismissal, over alleged coordination of benefits violations with Colorado Automobile No-Fault carriers
• Allied
  Alleged improper pricing of PIP claims by use of Worker's Compensation Pricing Manual
• Amica
  Alleged improper pricing of UM/UIM policies once UM/UIM coverage became "personal" coverage in Colorado
• Colonial Penn Franklin Insurance
  Alleged Colorado class action regarding extended PIP coverage
• Country Mutual
• Financial Indemnity Company
• GMAC Insurance
  Colorado class action dealing with alleged failure to pay PIP benefits under the Automobile No-Fault statute
• GuideOne Insurance
  2 cases involving:
  Alleged Colorado class action regarding extended PIP coverage
• Integon Insurance
  Alleged Colorado class action regarding extended PIP coverage
• Liberty Mutual and Zurich Insurance
  Alleged improper payment to Colorado health care providers for treatment of workers' compensation patients
• Nationwide Insurance's Allied Group subsidiary
  Alleged Colorado class action relating to use of Workers' Compensation Relative Value Fee Schedules to adjust PIP claims under the Colorado Automobile No-Fault statute
• Nationwide Insurance
  Alleged Colorado class action regarding extended PIP coverage
• Security Life of Denver Insurance
  Appeal of a critical Colorado Consumer Protection Act issue in the Colorado Supreme Court
• Tenet Healthcare
  Actions alleging psychiatric false imprisonment by mental health facilities operating in Colorado
• TIG insurance
  Alleged Colorado class action regarded extended PIP coverage
• Titan Indemnity
  Alleged Colorado class action regarding extended PIP coverage

Employment

• Texaco
  Nationwide class action filed by female employees alleging unequal compensation
• US West
  Company-wide ERISA class action involving US West pension plan
  Company-wide class action concerning retiree medical coverage
• Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph
  Complex ERISA class actions, including a contingent workforce class action
• FedEx Ground Package Systems, Inc.
  Three class actions
• FMC
  Complex ERISA class actions, including a contingent workforce class action
• Qwest Communications
  Age discrimination and ERISA class action
• Piedmont Airlines
  Sexual discrimination employee class action

Securities

• Amdura Corporation
  Securities fraud/shareholder class litigation
• Cray Computer Corporation and Seymour Cray
  Securities fraud/shareholder class litigation over development of the Cray III computer
• Meredith Corporation
  Securities fraud/franchise litigation
• Pace Membership Warehouse
  Securities fraud/shareholder litigation
• Quovadx
  Two class actions

Antitrust

• Pfizer
  Class action alleging antitrust violations in prescription drug pricing
• Ideal Basic Industries
  Nationwide cement litigation
• Bose Speaker Corporation
  Trial of alleged price fixing in the stereo speaker industry

Health Care

• Quest Diagnostics
• Sava Senior Care
• Wal-Mart and Concentra

Miscellaneous

• Burt Buick Pontiac GMC Truck
  Colorado class action involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, including right to privacy issues
• Citigroup Diners Club
  Nationwide class litigation against all officers and enlisted personnel in the U.S. Air Force
  Nationwide class litigation relating to frequent flyer and cardmember bonus programs
• eVision
• ZIMA/Coors
  Class action regarding advertising
• Asarco
  Six-week class action jury trial involving allegations of heavy metals contamination in area of cadmium refinery