Overview

Mr. Greg Coleman is a Senior Partner of Milberg with over 30 years of trial and appellate experience. Mr. Coleman’s practice focuses on class actions, products liability, medical malpractice, personal injury, complex multi-district litigation, complex environmental litigation, toxic torts, premises liability, ERISA, ERISA class actions, and drug and medical device litigation.

A nationally distinguished attorney, Mr. Coleman has been and is currently involved in complex product liability and drug product liability litigation, having tried more than one hundred (110) jury trials and countless other bench trials during his career. He has tried jury trials in several states and has been admitted pro hac vice in complex matters around the country.

Leadership Roles

• Tabak et al v. Apple, Inc. – Class Counsel for a class action lawsuit against Apple – Plaintiff brought forth the class action lawsuit against alleging Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7+ were prone to audio issues due to a defective chip in the devices, accusing Apple of concealing the defect – In November of 2024, a California federal judge granted final approval as Apple agreed to pay $35 million to affected consumers
• Koenig et al v. VIZIO Inc. – Class Counsel for a class action lawsuit against Vizio, which alleged the company falsely advertised refresh rates of certain televisions – after several attempts to decertify the class/appeal, in December of 2023, the Court preliminarily approved the settlement – In May of 2024, Plaintiffs filed a Memorandum of Law in support of Motion for Final Approval detailing the settlement terms – “[The] total value of all benefits available to Settlement Class Members is at least $59.25 million”
• Adkisson et al v Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc – Lead Counsel for more than 230 individual plaintiffs involving the largest environmental disaster in the United States resulting from the 2008 coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee – the case went up to the 6th Circuit twice, with rulings in the plaintiffs’ favor, and was in the Tennessee Supreme Court at the time of settlement – Confidential settlement was ultimately reached in June 2023
• Co-Lead Counsel in a defective products case against Electrolux where he and co-counsel successfully obtained a settlement on behalf of a class of more than one million members regarding defectively manufactured dryers. The settlement resulted in an expected utilization settlement value of over $35 million
• Lead Trial Counsel in an ERISA class action against AK Steel Corporation where he successfully obtained a $178.6 million settlement on behalf of a class of over 3,000 retirees of AK Steels Butler Works Plant in Pennsylvania in 2011
• Lead Trial Counsel in an ERISA class action case against AK Steel Corporation where he successfully obtained a $15.8 million settlement on behalf of a class of over 250 retirees of AK Steels Zanesville Works Plant in Ohio in 2012
• Jenkins v. Keeble, Davidson County – Lead Counsel in a week-long trucking accident trial where he obtained the largest negligence verdict in the state of Tennessee for 2009
• Co-Lead Counsel in a class action case involving Jewelry Television
• Davis v. Planet Hollywood Las Vegas – Co-Lead Counsel in a Fair Labor Standards Act case against Westgate Resorts in U.S.D.C., District of Nevada, which has been settled
• Watson v. Westgate Resorts, Inc. – Co-Lead Counsel in a Fair Labor Standards Act case against Westgate Resorts in U.S.D.C., Eastern District of Tennessee, which has been settled

…The end result occurred largely, if not fully, attributable to the diligence, determination, hard work of plaintiffs’ counsel, who were vigorously contested, as the company was represented by extraordinary lawyers.

-Judge Timothy S. Black

Southern District of Ohio, Western Division

Reported Cases

• Johnson v. Nissan North America – Class action lawsuit against Nissan North America, alleging a significant number of popular Nissan vehicles (Maxima, Rogue, Pathfinder, Murano, Infiniti) were sold with defective panoramic sunroofs, posing a safety hazard – In November of 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling (denying Nissan’s motion for summary judgment and Daubert motions)
• Lytle et al v. Nutramax Laboratories Inc. – Class action lawsuit alleging Nutramax violated the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act after Plaintiffs discovered company’s product, Cosequin (represented by manufacturer to improve dog joint health), lacked scientific support – Nutramax challenged the district court’s reliance upon an expert’s proposed damages model – In April of 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of class certification, a remarkable, precedent-setting decision that determined a class action Plaintiff may rely on a model to demonstrate damages are susceptible to common proof, even if the model had not yet been executed or actually applied to the proposed class
• West v. East Tennessee Pioneer Oil Co., 172 S.W. 3d 545 – Tennessee Supreme Court case in which the Supreme Court first ruled a convenience store had a legal duty to the plaintiffs for selling gas to an obviously intoxicated driver, who then had an accident with the plaintiffs on the roadway – Case changed 50 years of legal precedent in Tennessee and is referenced in many law school textbooks, articles, and numerous other publications
• Satterfield v. Alcoa, Inc., 266 S.W. 3d 347 (Tenn. 2008) – Tennessee Supreme Court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that a duty is owed by Alcoa to a non-employee household member as it relates to the household member’s contraction of mesothelioma. This was the first of its kind ruling in the United States and has been cited in numerous articles, cases, and briefings all over the country

Accolades