The firm defends manufacturers against product liability claims involving serious injury or death, as well as significant property damage, in courts around the country. We enjoy a strong record of securing the dismissal of multimillion-dollar product liability lawsuits at trial or achieving highly favorable settlements on our clients’ behalf.
We begin building a defense from the moment a claim is received, and our attorneys possess the technical knowhow and also work in conjunction with engineers and other experts to assess claims.
Recent representative matters include:
- Defended a large, multinational pharmaceutical company in numerous product liability cases, including one in which the jury returned a verdict for our client on all claims. The plaintiff had sought to recover $15 million.
- The firm represents a leading manufacturer of propane equipment and fluid controls as lead counsel in all of its product liability matters throughout the world. Juries have returned verdicts for our client in multimillion-dollar cases, including in Texas, in a case involving grave personal injuries, and in Connecticut, where a Fortune 500 company sued to recover for property damage allegedly caused by the release of anhydrous ammonia.
- In a bench trial, defeated claims against our client, a manufacturer of dry cleaning equipment, for fire damage to a dry cleaning establishment.
- An appellate court affirmed a trial court’s granting of summary judgment to our client, ending product liability litigation over a commercial whipped cream dispenser that allegedly exploded and caused extensive and permanent bodily injury and property damage.
- Defeated requests for certification of a nationwide class of more than 13,000 putative class members in a product liability matter.