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Jason Thompson

Jason Thompson

Senior Shareholder at Sommers Schwartz PC
Southfield, MI

About Jason Thompson

Jason has been appointed as class counsel and to MDL leadership positions in cases involving antitrust, overtime pay, insurance coverage, environmental pollution, and consumer protection. He has been asked to testify repeatedly before the Michigan Legislature regarding the state's pharmaceutical immunity law and amendments to qui tam provisions under Michigan's Medicaid fraud law. Mr. Thompson has one of the broadest class action and multi-district litigation (MDL) practices in the country, including cases involving contracts, insurance policies, defective pharmaceutical drugs and devices, automotive litigation, consumer rights, RICO, wage and hour violations, antitrust, constitutional violations and environmental contamination. He has represented institutional clients, such as the State of Michigan (Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation) municipalities, healthcare plans, and unions as well as thousands of individuals in personal injury and mass tort cases.

Notable case results

$54 millionSettlement

Class action settlement with 3M and Wolverine Worldwide on behalf of Michigan residents who experienced PFAS groundwater contamination from waste dumping.

$22.5 millionVerdict

For class of insurance policyholders in 38 states whose covered property damage claims were previously underpaid.

$16 million

Over $16 million in client settlements for women injured by defective transvaginal mesh products.

$12 millionSettlement

Class settlement for protein supplement users for consumer protection claims, alleging that manufacturer used testing methods that overstated the number of protein grams in each drink.

$11.3 millionSettlement

Collective action settlement on behalf of exotic dancers working at a Déjà Vu gentleman's club who were not paid a minimum wage as required under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Ins

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Education

Michigan State University College of Law
J.D., 1992
University of Southern California
Undergraduate, 1989

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Michigan

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