Chad R. Hutchinson

Chairman of the Associates Committee

Product Liability Group

Pharmaceutical Medical Device and Healthcare Industry Team



Greater Jackson Office
Tel: (601) 985-4401
Email: chad.hutchinson@butlersnow.com

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ChadR.Hutchinson
Areas of Emphasis
  • Drug and Medical Device Litigation
  • Product Liability Law
  • Nursing Home Litigation
  • Premises Liability Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Insurance Defense
  • Professional Liability
Distinctions
  • AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Mid-South Rising Stars®, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
  • Graduate, International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, 2006
  • Graduate, Leadership Mississippi
  • Certified Public Accountant
Education & Honors
  • Mississippi College, J.D., Managing Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, cum laude, 2001
  • University of Mississippi, M.A., Taxation, cum laude, 1996
  • University of Mississippi, B.A., Accounting, cum laude, 1995
Associations
  • American Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute
    • Medical and Health Care Law Committee
    • Steering Committee
  • Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
  • Capital Area Bar Association
  • Mississippi Bar Association
    • Mock Trial Committee
    • Young Lawyers Division
Bar Admissions
  • Mississippi, 2001
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 5th Circuit
  • Admitted pro hac vice in seven states
Legal Experience
  • Coordinator of Butler Snow's Nursing Home Litigation Group.
  • Savage v. Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Civil Action No. 11-60406; March 9, 2012; summary judgment affirmed.
  • Mayers v. Burke Handling Systems, Inc,; Circuit Court of Scott County, Mississippi; May 31, 2011; Lead Trial Counsel; directed verdict.
  • McIntosh v. Dillards Department Stores; S.D. Miss.; February 12, 2008; Lead Trial Counsel; defense verdict.
  • Derse, Inc. v. Haas Outdoors, Inc. dba Mossy Oak; August 17, 2010; American Arbitration Association; No. 69 152 00513; represented Claimant in a contractual dispute; judgment for Claimant for full amount requested.
  • Backwell v. Tiffin Motor Homes, Inc.; Circuit Court of Smith County, Miss.; Trial Counsel; defense verdict.
  • McKenzie v. Highland Home Nursing Center, obtained first order from a trial court compelling arbitration in a nursing home case.
  • Marie Ellison et al. v. CareGivers, LLC d/b/a Clarksdale Nursing Home, Circuit Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi; Civil Action No. 14-CI-02-0141; August 30, 2010; summary judgment.
  • Thelma Mitchell, et al. v. Nutrition & Management Services, Inc., et al., Circuit Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi; Civil Action No. 14-CI-03-0063; February 17, 2009; summary judgment.
  • Veal v. J.P. Morgan Trust Co., N.A., 955 So.2d 843 (Miss. 2007).
  • Eaton Vance Municipals Trust v. Conegie, 2007 WL 1484539 (N.D. Miss. 2007).
  • Smith v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 286 F.Supp.2d 777 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
  • Assisted Trial Teams in the following cases:
    • Beare/Gaffney v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen; No. 196-10MT Superior Court of new Jersey Law Division; Atlantic County; 2011 - defense verdict
    • Thomas Gaines v. McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; No. CGC-06-457600 Superior Court of California; County of San Francisco; 2010 - defense verdict
    • Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. v. Armond, 866 So.2d 1092 (Miss. 2004), is a decision of the Mississippi Supreme Court which significantly changed the landscape of litigation in Mississippi, declaring that joinder of plaintiffs in prescription drug cases, in many cases improper, was subject to strict scrutiny, resulting in severance of many claims and transfers to appropriate venues
    • Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. v. Bailey, 878 So.2d 31 (Miss. 2004), is a decision of the Mississippi Supreme Court reversing a $48 million judgment awarded to ten plaintiffs in a product liability action involving a prescription drug
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