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PRODUCTS LIABILITY

Co-Chairs:
Charles S. Painter
916.483.5181
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Lisa P. Gruen
213.489.4411
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The Products Liability practice group represents manufacturers and distributors in claims and lawsuits arising from alleged defects in products, whether resulting in bodily injuries, property damage, or economic losses and business interruption. We are committed to providing the earliest and least costly resolution strategies for our clients.

Seminars

We provide seminars on risk management and risk avoidance to our clients, and discuss best practices in documenting and recording incidents related to a client's products.

Representative Matters

  • Obtained dismissal from the primary product manufacturer's cross-complaints in a high-exposure industrial accident case.
  • Successfully defended a products case against a $12 million demand. After a 14-week trial, our client obtained a defense verdict in its favor and obtained a judgment of nearly $800,000 in its cross-complaint.  
  • For more than 20 years, have defended and successfully resolved cases involving wrongful death and catastrophic injuries for an international Fortune 500 transportation-related manufacturer.
  • With millions of dollars riding on the line, we have been awarded complete defense judgments in favor of our manufacturer clients.  
  • Successfully settled a wrongful death/products liability case for a commercial vehicle manufacturer five days prior to the scheduled trial date. We were able to limit our client's share of the risk and keep the payout under the limit of their underlying insurance policy. We kept their share of the global settlement to 10 percent.
  • Obtained dismissal in a moderate-to-high exposure work injury case when it was proven that the clients' component parts were not at fault.

 

 

 

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