• Kentucky

• University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D.
• University of Kentucky, B.S.

Winston has a diverse background in civil litigation including product liability, mass tort, fire and explosion, employment, toxic tort, and business litigation. A substantial portion of his practice relates to complex multi-party cases arising out of catastrophic losses and serial litigation. Winston has represented clients in state and federal courts located in at least 19 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. He has also represented clients in appellate matters before the Third, Fourth, Sixth, and Eleventh Federal Circuits, the U.S. Temporary Court of Appeals, as well as the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the Kentucky Supreme Court. Frost Brown Todd was selected as "The Outstanding Law Firm of the Year" by a Fortune 100 Company based on the performance of the Client Service Team which he chairs. He has been recognized as an outstanding litigation attorney by Chambers USA® America’s Leading Business Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America®, Kentucky Super Lawyers®, Benchmark Litigation®, and Litigation Counsel of America™. He is AV®. Rated by Martindale Hubbell®.

Before entering private practice, Winston was a Trial Attorney with the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington D. C. He represented the United States in civil matters in the Federal District and Appellate Courts across the country. While in the Justice Department, Winston was awarded a "Special Commendation" for his outstanding service.

Experience

Product Liability, Fire and Explosion and other Tort Litigation

Examples:

• Collapse of a natural gas drilling rig; April 19, 2008; 2 deaths
• Sofa Super Store Fire, Charleston, South Carolina: June 18, 2007; 9 deaths, significant property damage
• Water well pump house explosion; July 4, 2005; serious burn and psychological injuries
• Liquid Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion, Ivel, Kentucky: November 8, 2004; numerous burns, psychological and other personal injuries and substantial property damage
• West Pharmaceutical Plant Explosion, Kinston, North Carolina: January 29, 2003; 6 deaths; 38 injuries alleged
• Rhode Island Station Nightclub Fire, West Warwick, Rhode Island: February 20, 2003; 100 deaths; 100+ injuries alleged
• West Virginia Tobacco Litigation: 1999-2003
• Defense of natural gas producer in claim arising out of an explosion at a water injection facility: August 7, 2001; serious burns resulting in death
• Howard Johnson/Holiday Inn Fire, Bowling Green, Kentucky: January 6, 1996; 4 deaths; 16 injured
• Rio Piedros explosion, San Juan, Puerto Rico; November 21, 1996; 33 deaths
• Imperial Food Products, Hamlet, North Carolina: September 3, 1991; 25 deaths
• Meridian Plaza Fire, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: February 23-24, 1991; 3 deaths; $1 billion in damages
• Happy Land Social Club Fire, New York, New York: March 23, 1990; 87 deaths
• San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire, San Juan, Puerto Rico: December 31, 1986; 97 deaths; numerous injuries
• Younkers Department Store, Des Moines, Iowa: November 5, 1978; 10 deaths
• Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire, Southgate, Kentucky: May 28, 1977; 165 deaths; numerous personal injuries
• Natural Gas Compressor Station Explosion, Muldraugh, Kentucky: January 12, 1974; 2 deaths; substantial property damage

Drug, Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Litigation

Examples:

• Breast Implant Litigation (MDL 926 and State Court - 8000+ Cases) - National Coordinating Counsel in defense of a polyuerethene manufacturer in nationwide class action
• Vioxx Litigation (24 State Court and 303 MDL Cases) - Defended manufacturer of Vioxx in cases brought in the state of Kentucky
• Average Wholesale Pricing Litigation - Defense of pharmaceutical manufacturer against claims brought by the Commonwealth of Kentucky involving disputed sales and pricing policies

Business and Commercial Litigation

Defense of a variety of business disputes resulting in litigation in the state courts, federal courts and commercial arbitrations. These cases involved issues arising from buy-sell agreements, stock and business valuation, asset purchase agreements, commercial leases, mineral leases, minority shareholder rights, fraud, tax and general breach of contract. The following are examples of business litigation cases that have resulted in reported decisions.

• Centurion Air Cargo v. United Parcel Service Co. 300 F. Supp. 2d 1281 (S. D. FL. 2004).
• Centurion Air Cargo v. UPS Co., 420 F.3d 1146 (11^th Cir. 2005).
• Commerce Bank, N.A. v. Ogden, Newell & Welch, 81 F. Supp. 2d 1304 (M. D. Fla. 1999).
• First Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. v. Martin Marietta Materials, 22 F. App’x 546, 2001 WL 1480727 (6^th Cir. 2001).
• H. S. Equities, Inc. v. Crouch, 698 F.2d 1220, 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 12452 (6^th Cir. 1982).
• Herm v. Stafford, 466 F. Supp. 439 (W. D. Ky. 1979).
• Inland Container Corp. v. Mason County Bd. of Educ., 6 S.W.3d 374 (Ky. 1999).
• Liberty Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. v. Foster, 737 S.W.2d 704 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987).

Employment Litigation

Defense of various employers, including a Fortune 100 Company, in employment litigation involving age discrimination, sexual harassment, breach of contracts of employment, and wrongful termination. The following are examples of employment litigation cases that have resulted in reported decisions.

• Beatty v. UPS, 267 F. Supp. 2d 823 (S. D. Ohio 2003), aff’d, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 13864 (6^th Cir. 2004).
• Beatty v. UPS, 103 F. App’x 860 (6^th Cir. 2005).
• Clark v. UPS, 286 F. Supp. 2d 819 (W. D. Ky. 2003).
• Clark v. UPS, 400 F.3d 341 (6^th Cir. 2005).
• Francis v. UPS, 288 F. Supp. 2d 882 (S. D. Ohio 2003).
• Francis v. UPS of Am., Inc., No. 3:01cv235, 2005 WL 2124134 (W. D. Ohio Aug. 29, 2005).
• Harker v. Federal Land Bank, 679 S.W.2d 226 (Ky. 1984).
• Padgett v. Kentucky Utilities Co., No. 76-0196-0(G), 1978 WL 1614 (W.D. Ky. Jan. 25, 1978).
• Szabo v. UPS, Inc., No. 02-646-C, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10600 (W. D. Ky. May 24, 2004).
• UPS v. Rickert, 996 S.W.2d 464 (Ky. 1999).

Reported Cases:

Abney v. Amgen, Inc., No. 5:05-CV-254-JMH, 2005 WL 1630154 (6^th Cir. July 8, 2005).

Abney v. Amgen, Inc., 443 F.3d 540 (6^th Cir. 2006).

Adams v. 3M, No. 4:03CV-182-M, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29697 (W. D. Ky. Mar. 30, 2004).

Air Transport Assoc. v. Federal Energy Office, 520 F.2d 1339 (Temp. Emer. Ct. App. 1975).

Albright v. Aeroquip Corp., No. 3:94CV447, 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10819 (M. D. N.C. June 26, 1995).

Amoco Oil Co., et al v. Charles M. Ivey III, 2:94CV00479, 2:94CV00595, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1017 (M.D.N.C. January 2, 1996).

Anderson v. Merck & Co., 417 F. Supp. 2d 842 (E. D. Ky. 2006).

Beatty v. UPS, 267 F. Supp. 2d 823 (S. D. Ohio 2003), aff’d, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 13864 (6^th Cir. 2004).

Beatty v. UPS, 103 F. App’x 860 (6^th Cir. 2005).

Buechner v. Mid-America Energy, Inc., No. 1:07-CV-109, 2007 WL 2174723 (W. D. Ky. Aug. 2, 2007).

Cabinet for Human Resources, Interim Office of Health Planning & Certification v. Jewish Hosp. Healthcare Servs., 932 S.W.2d 388 (Ky. Ct. App. 1996).

Centurion Air Cargo v. United Parcel Service Co. 300 F. Supp. 2d 1281 (S. D. FL. 2004).

Centurion Air Cargo v. UPS Co., 420 F.3d 1146 (11^th Cir. 2005).

Clark v. UPS, 286 F. Supp. 2d 819 (W. D. Ky. 2003).

Clark v. UPS, 400 F.3d 341 (6^th Cir. 2005).

Coffey v. Jefferson County Bd. of Education, 756 S.W.2d 155 (Ky. Ct. App. 1988).

Commerce Bank, N.A. v. Ogden, Newell & Welch, 81 F. Supp. 2d 1304 (M. D. Fla. 1999).

Conn v. Markwest Hydrocarbon, Inc., No. 05-67-DLB, 2006 WL 782728 (E. D. Ky. March 27, 2006).

Cordle v. Merck & Co., 405 F. Supp. 2d 800 (E. D. Ky. 2005).

Dismas Charities, Inc. v. United States DOJ, 287 F. Supp. 2d 741 (W. D. Ky. 2003).

First Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. v. Martin Marietta Materials, 22 F. App’x 546, 2001 WL 1480727 (6^th Cir. 2001).

Francis v. UPS, 288 F. Supp. 2d 882 (S. D. Ohio 2003).

Francis v. UPS of Am., Inc., No. 3:01cv235, 2005 WL 2124134 (W. D. Ohio Aug. 29, 2005).

Garza v. Evans (In re Vioxx Prods. Liab. Litig.), MDL NO. 1657 SECTION: L(3), 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36919 (E. D. La. Nov. 22, 2005).

Gifaldi v. Jefferson Chemical Co., No. 91-CV-677E, 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4245 (W. D. N.Y. March 30, 1992).

H. S. Equities, Inc. v. Crouch, 698 F.2d 1220, 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 12452 (6^th Cir. 1982).

Harker v. Federal Land Bank, 679 S.W.2d 226 (Ky. 1984).

Herm v. Stafford, 466 F. Supp. 439 (W. D. Ky. 1979).

In re One Meridian Fire Litig., No. 91-2171, 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5533 (E. D. Pa. April 29, 1994).

In re Fire Disaster at Du Pont Plaza Hotel, etc., 660 F.Supp. 982, 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13390 (J.P.M.L. 1987).

In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 117 F.R.D. 30, 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13863, 9 Fed. R. Serv. 3d (Callaghan) 172 (D.P.R. 1987).

In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation, 687 F.Supp. 716, 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4603 (D.P.R. 1988).

In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 121 F.R.D. 147, 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17329 (D.P.R. 1988).

In re Recticel Foam Corp., 859 F.2d 1000, 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 12748 (1^st Cir. P.R. 1988).

In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 859 F.2d 1007, 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 13570 (1^st Cir. P.R. 1988).

In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17332 (D.P.R. Dec. 2, 1988).

In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 129 F.R.D. 409, 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15949 (D.P.R. 1989).

In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 129 F.R.D. 424, 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16546 (D.P.R. 1989).

In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 888 F.2d 940, 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 16908 (1^st Cir. P.R. 1989).

In re San Juan DuPont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 129 F.R.D. 424, 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16559 (D.P.R. 1989).

In re San Juan DuPont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 129 F.R.D. 424, 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3436 (D.P.R. 1990).

In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 745 F.Supp. 79, 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10674 (D.P.R. 1990).

In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 742 F.Supp. 717, 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11272, CCH Prod. Liab. Rep. P12799 (D.P.R. 1990).

In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig., 768 F.Supp. 912, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9709 (D.P.R. 1991).

In re Vioxx Products, 2007 WL 2461628, E.D.La., August 21, 2007 (MDL No. 1657.).

Inland Container Corp. v. Mason County Bd. of Educ., 6 S.W.3d 374 (Ky. 1999).

Isby v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., No. 99-6068, 2000 WL 1359641 (6^th Cir. Sept. 15, 2000).

Lacefield v. LG Elecs., Inc., No. 3:06-12-KKC, 2008 WL 54472 (E. D. Ky. Feb. 26, 2008).

Liberty Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. v. Foster, 737 S.W.2d 704 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987).

Lyman v. U.S., 500 F.2d 1394, (Temp. Emer. Ct. App., August 05, 1974) (Nos. 2-12, 2-16.).

Melton v. Merck & Co., Inc., No. 7:06-45-JMH , 2006 WL 1543036 (E. D. Ky. June 1, 2006).

Metcalf v. National Petroleum Council, 407 F. Supp. 257 (D. D.C. 1976).

Padgett v. Kentucky Utilities Co., No. 76-0196-0(G), 1978 WL 1614 (W.D. Ky. Jan. 25, 1978).

Ratliff v. Merck SC Co., 359 F. Supp. 2d 571 (E. D. Ky. 2005).

Reid v. MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc., No. 05-71-DLB, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13489 (E. D. Ky. Mar. 27, 2006).

Sae Biang Optical v. Kenmark Optical, Inc., No. 3:05-CV-168-JDM , 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71400 (W. D. Ky. Sept. 28, 2006).

Sae Biang Optical v. Kenmark Optical, Inc., No. 3:05-CV-168-JDM, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71403 (W. D. Ky. Sept. 28, 2006).

Sizemore v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., No. 6:94 2894 3 96, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22401 (D. S. C. Mar. 21, 1996).

Smith v. Ky. W. Va. Gas Co., No. 04-177-DLB, 2005 WL 1239849 (E. D. Ky. May 24, 2005).

Structural Steel & Ornamental Iron Assoc. v. Shopmen's Local Union, etc., 478 F.2d 848 (3d Cir. 1973).

Syngenta Crop Prod. v. Doyle Brant, Inc., No. 3:06-CV-84-S, 2008 WL 167923 (W. D. Ky. Jan. 15, 2008).

Syngenta Crop Prod. v. Doyle Brant, Inc., No. 3:06-CV-84-S, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15757 (W. D. Ky. Feb. 28, 2008).

Szabo v. UPS, Inc., No. 02-646-C, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10600 (W. D. Ky. May 24, 2004).

Tasty Baking Company v. Cost of Living Council et al, 395 F. Supp. 1367 (E. D. Pa. 1975)

Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Federal Energy Office, 380 F. Supp. 560 (D. D.C. 1974).

UPS v. Rickert, 996 S.W.2d 464 (Ky. 1999).

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• "Special Commendation" Awarded for Outstanding Service, U.S. Department of Justice
• Special Justice - Supreme Court of Kentucky

• American Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Louisville Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Litigation Counsel of America
• Citizens for Better Judges, Former Chair and current member of on the Advisory Committee
• National Fire Protection Association
• National Institute of Trial Advocacy

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