Products Liability

Our highly regarded products liability attorneys have successfully served as defense counsel in litigation ranging from a class action involving allegedly defective baby bottles to personal injuries allegedly resulting from poultry processing equipment to cases involving athletic footwear, milk crates and cleaning solvents.

Whether a products liability lawsuit is the result of alleged personal injury or property damage, our attorneys are prepared to litigate the matter or pursue a course of alternative dispute resolution on behalf of manufacturers, distributors, retailers, insurers and other entities.

Our experience covers a wide variety of products and industries, including:

Agricultural Equipment
Airlines
Amusement Industry Products and Devices
Athletic Footwear
Automatic Doors
Automobiles and Automotive Component Parts
Baby Bottles
Building Fires
Chemical Vapor Ventilation / Incineration Equipment
Child Care Safety Products
Cleaning Solvents
Component Parts for Remote Controls / Crane Operating Device
Compressed Air Sandblasting Equipment
Consumer Goods
Conveyor Equipment
Diet Drug Litigation including Fen/Phen
Electrical Control Panels
Electrical Distribution Panels
Extrusion Presses
Food Products
Forklifts and Industrial Equipment
Hair Care Products
Household Technology and Electronics
Industrial Chemicals
Industrial Metal Forming Equipment
Industrial Pipes and Valves
Meat Processing Equipment
Medical Devices
Milk Crates
Paints and Coatings
Paper Converting Machinery
Pesticides and Herbicides
Pharmaceuticals
Plastic Injection Molding Equipment
Poultry and Meat Processing Equipment
Power Tools
Sweeper / Scrubber Machines
Swimming Pools
Textile Carding Machines
Tires and Rubber
Water Slides

Our lawyers bring a proven track record in successfully defending regional, national and international manufacturers against product liability claims in courts across the country. Our extensive experience ranges from single action personal injury claims to state and nationwide class actions, mass torts and multidistrict litigation. These cases have involved catastrophic personal injuries, wrongful death, multimillion-dollar property losses and environmental damage.

Our lawyers frequently act as national coordinating counsel, class-action counsel and appellate counsel in product liability litigation, and we have significant experience assisting clients with regulatory and criminal investigations, including actions brought by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Food and Drug Administration.

Our Product Liability lawyers have particular strengths curbing punitive damage claims. When a case goes to verdict, the jury must be instructed that a punitive award has to bear a reasonable relationship to whatever the compensatory award might be. Complicated choice-of-law issues can also be implicated involving the law of other countries that do not recognize or permit the recovery of punitive damages.

Clients appreciate our innovative ‘outside the box’ thinking and singular focus on getting the best result possible for every matter they entrust to us. As one of our global product manufacturers explained after a significant victory, “we want attorneys like you, who are not satisfied with the law as it is today, to take the initiative and move it in the right direction.”

In addition, clients count on our honest and objective analysis to guide their operational and strategic decisions. We understand the risks – financial, reputational and competitive – of product liability litigation, and strive to provide our clients with comprehensive strategies that anticipate outcomes with the flexibility needed to respond to unexpected developments.

We are committed to providing the exceptional legal services that our clients expect in the most cost-efficient manner possible. We draw upon our extensive experience managing complex national defenses in intricate, technical disputes to ensure consistency and communication in every product liability litigation matter we undertake.