Matters
- Obtained a precedent setting decision that applied to a 10-year statute of repose to latent disease claims.
- Obtained court's orders dismissing latent disease claims based on challenges to plaintiff's experts. The courts barred plaintiff's experts from testifying and then granted summary judgment because of a failure of proof on general and specific causation.
- Successfully defended client through defense verdicts and an appeal in repeat litigation accusing client of conspiracy to suppress medical and scientific information from workers exposed to toxic substances
- Obtained a federal court ruling that provisions of a state environmental act regulating the transportation of waste in interstate commerce was unconstitutional.
- Evaluated alternative dispute resolution strategies for client to implement long-range solutions to exit from repetitive latent disease litigation.
- Assisted clients in developing efforts to work with EPA to evaluate risks of products to consumer as it relates to product risks and warning issues.
- Provided clients with comprehensive warning/instructional programs for users to reduce risk to client of claims based on failure to warn and instruct.
