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Edward W. Gerecke

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Edward W. Gerecke

Edward W. Gerecke

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Carlton Fields, P.A.
4221 West Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 1000
Tampa, Florida  33607-5736
(Hillsborough Co.)

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3239, Tampa, FL, 33601-3239

Telephone: 813-229-4306
Fax: 813-229-4133
http://www.carltonfields.com



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Practice AreasDrug and Medical Device Defense; Products Liability Defense; Personal Injury Defense
 
EducationIndiana University, J.D., with honors, 1981, Purdue University, B.S., with distinction, 1978
 
Admitted1981, Florida; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
 
MembershipsAmerican Bar Association (Product Liability Committee, Litigation Section); American Board of Trial Advocates (Treasurer, 2008); International Association of Defense Counsel; Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel; Florida Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute (Member: Drug & Medical Device Committee; Steering Committee); Product Liability Advisory Council.
 
BornSt. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 1956
 
BiographyAuthor: "Section 6(c) of the Third Restatement: Design Defects in Prescription Medical Products," DRI's For The Defense, April 2006; "Demanding Reliability From Experts Under Florida Law," The Florida Bar Journal, July/August 2001; "State-by-State Summary of the Law on FDCA - Related Cases Of Action (Florida Section)," ABA, 2001; "Halting Regulation Through Litigation," The National Law Journal, October 9, 2000; "State-by-State Summary of the Law on Liability for Off-Label Use of Drugs and Medical Devices," ABA, August 1999; "Market Share Theory: Limited Logic Meets Some Logical Limits," For The Defense, September 1998; "Unavoidably Unsafe Drugs, The Future of Comment K," For The Defense, December 1992. Co-Author, "The Restatement (Third) of Torts and its Projected Impact upon Manufacturers of Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices," DRI Drug & Medical Device Committee, 1998. Editor, "State-by-State Summary of Ex Parte Contacts With Treating Physicians," ABA, January 1995.(Board Certified Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)
 
Reported CasesSharp v. Wyeth, 2006 WL 515532 (Fla. Cir Ct. 2006); Marzullo v. Crosman Corp., 289 F.Supp 2d 1337 (M.D. Fla 2003); Marking v. Novartis, 2001 WL 32255405 (S.D. Fla 2002); Savage v. Danek Medical, Inc., 31 F. Supp. 2d 980 (M.D. Fla. 1999), aff'd 202, F.3d 288 (11th Cir. 1999); King v. Cutter Laboratories, 714 So. 2d 351 (Fla. 1998); Walls v. Armour Pharmaceutical Company, 53 F.3d 1184 (11th Cir. 1995); Reynard v. NEC Corp., 887 F.Supp. 1500 (M.D. Fla. 1995); Jones v. Upjohn Co., 661 So.2d 356 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); Chikovsky v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Company, 832 F.Supp. 341 (S.D. Fla. 1993); Mitchell v. VLI Corp., 786 F. Supp. 966 (M.D.Fla 1992); Adams v. G.D. Searle & Co., 576 So. 2d 728 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), rev. den., 589 So. 2d 290 (1991).
 
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