Wright v. Motorola, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, and Health and Environmental Sciences Group Ltd.

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Wright v. Motorola, Inc. et al., No. 95-L-04929

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Summary: A personal injury lawsuit filed on March 2, 1995 in state court in Chicago by Debbra Wright, an Arizona-based manager for Bell Atlantic Mobile, charges that portable cellular phones produced by Motorola Inc. caused or aggravated her brain tumor. Motorola is also charged with failure to test its phones for safety or to warn users of health risks, and of conspiring with other parties to deceive the public about the health risks posed by cellular phones. The other parties named in the suit are the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA), Dr. George Carlo of CTIA’s Scientific Advisory Group on Wireless Technology, Ron Nessen, CTIA Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications, and Carlo’s consulting company, Health and Environmental Sciences Group Ltd.

Related Actions:
August 22, 1995. Motorola files motion to strike civil conspiracy and fraud counts.
January 26, 1996. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Paddy H. McNamara dismisses Dr. George Carlo and his Washington, DC research firm Health and Environmental Sciences Group from the suit for failure of plaintiff to allege any proximate cause between their acts and her damages.

Motorola is represented by Garrett B. Johnson, Michael P. Foradas, Brien D. Sieve and Terri A. Abruzzo of Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago. Defendants Health and Environmental Sciences Group, Wireless Technology Research and Dr. George Carlo are represented by Michael W. Coffield, John A. Rupp and Keith D. Grace of Coffield Ungaretti & Harris in Chicago and James Baller of The Baller Law Group, P.C. in Washington, DC. Michael H. Salsbury and Charlissa D. Broadus of Jenner & Block in Washington, DC represent CTIA.

Wright is represented by Terrie L. Culver, Robert A. Holstein, Aron D. Robinson and Bruce Goodhart of Holstein, Mack & Klein; Larry D. Drury; and Ben Barnow of Barnow & Goldberg, all located in Chicago.

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Litigation - Recent Cases: Cellular Phones. Wright v. Motorola, Inc. et al., No. 95-L-04929

Litigation - Recent Cases: Cellular Phones.
Wright v. Motorola, Inc. et al., No. 95-L-04929