Product Liability Litigation

Product Liability Defense

• Serve as national trial and coordinating counsel for a leading manufacturer of food equipment systems in product liability matters, including the defense of product designs for meat grinders, mixers, slicers, saws, tenderizers and deep fat fryers.
• Serve as national counsel for a major electrical/electronic equipment manufacturer in the defense of shock, burn and explosion cases involving electricity and electrical/electronic products.
• Serve as national coordinating, supervising and trial counsel for a leading aluminum automotive wheel producer.
• Serve as national counsel for a construction and mining equipment manufacturer in product liability matters involving heavy equipment and warranty matters.
• Serve as regional counsel for leading manufacturers of major home appliances.
• Serve as primary counsel defending several automobile manufacturers in product liability and personal injury litigation.
• Serve as Ohio counsel for major manufacturer of earthmoving, construction and mining equipment.
• Defend a major aerospace manufacturer from product design and manufacturing claims.
• Serve as Ohio counsel for a major manufacturer of medical devices
• Defend manufacturers whose products are linked to major catastrophes including hotel fires in San Juan, Las Vegas, White Plains (New York) and San Francisco; a supper club fire in Kentucky; the collapse of a hotel skywalk in Kansas City; a paper mill fire; a cold storage warehouse fire in Wisconsin; and a major health scare.
• Defend putative consumer class action against a leading power tool manufacturer.
• Defend leading manufacturer of hand tools against product liability lawsuits.
• Defend large handgun manufacturer against “cost recovery” claims by various municipalities.
• Defend several major polymer service companies in national product liability matters.
• Defend Fortune 10 manufacturer in multiple jurisdictions for multimillion dollar fire and business interruption losses.
• Defend manufacturer of drainage sanitary sewer bridge and other construction products in national warranty and property damage litigation.
• Provide national defense of supplier of seamless and welded tubular products in cases involving significant property damage and economic and business interruption losses.