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About Eric D. Barton
Co-Lead Class Counsel in multiple, successful commercial and consumer class actions Works closely with numerous state attorneys general, cities, counties, and school districts in national litigation involving defective products affecting public health Former law clerk for judge and justice on Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and Kansas Supreme Court, respectively Eric Barton has practiced law for almost 30 years, representing clients in a wide variety of matters including complex commercial litigation, class actions, and multi-district litigation. Many of his cases have involved antitrust, contract issues, or defective products. He has significant experience representing public entities in litigation, including state governments, counties, cities, and school districts.
Eric has also taught classes for many years at the University of Kansas School of Law, including first-year lawyering classes and trial advocacy. Additionally, he co-founded the Lawyer’s Association of Kansas City’s annual Run for Justice 5K, which has raised money for Legal Aid of Western Missouri since 2005. He currently serves on the board of the Midwest Music Foundation, a non-profit organization providing healthcare and educational assistance to Kansas City area musicians.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Wagstaff & Cartmell
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San Francisco Unified School District's case was the first JUUL bellwether trial against Altria; after the plaintiffs rested, Altria agreed to pay $235 million to resolve roughly 6,000 pending e-vapor claims nationwide.
A federal jury in Hammond, Indiana found that Ethicon's Prolift transvaginal mesh was defectively designed and inadequately warned against, awarding Barbara and Anton Kaiser $35 million. A judge reduced the punitive damages, leaving a $20 million verdict that the Seventh Circuit affirmed in full in 2020.
Kathryn Gant died at the scene of a head-on crash on K-58 in Kansas on June 10, 2011, after a driver crossed the center line in a no-passing zone. Her husband sued the driver, the driver's parents and the family oil company. After a five-day bench trial in June 2015, a Coffey County judge found all of them liable and awarded $6,723,021. Under a pretrial agreement, none of the judgment could be collected from the defendants themselves.
A Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google's YouTube negligent in designing platforms that harmed a young woman identified as K.G.M., who began watching YouTube at age 6 and joined Instagram at 9. On March 25, 2026, it awarded $3 million in compensatory damages, split 70 percent to Meta and 30 percent to YouTube, plus $3 million in punitive damages. It was the first bellwether trial in the coordinated California social media addiction cases.
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