| Representative Experience |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Consumer ProductsAdvised a major heating and air conditioning equipment manufacturer in a Massachusetts state court action alleging that a graduate school professor suffered permanent brain damage from carbon monoxide emissions from the client's residential heating equipment. We obtained a favorable settlement. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Consumer ProductsRepresented a major cigarette manufacturer in a Massachusetts federal court class action on behalf of a class of union welfare funds to recover the alleged costs of treating tobacco-related illnesses. We have also represented the client in approximately sixty other Massachusetts state and federal court individual and class actions. We have obtained a dismissal in all cases resolved to date. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Consumer ProductsRepresented a major manufacturer of plumbing and heating equipment in a Massachusetts state court class action alleging various defects in one of the client's products. We obtained a favorable settlement. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Consumer ProductsActed as counsel for several firearm manufacturers in the City of Boston's state court action seeking to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in costs allegedly stemming from the criminal acquisition and use of handguns. We obtained dismissal of the claims. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Consumer ProductsRepresented a major cigarette manufacturer in the Massachusetts attorney general's lawsuit seeking to recover approximately $7 billion in alleged smoking-related Medicaid costs. Shortly after we succeeded in eliminating the plaintiff's claim for multiple damages and attorneys' fees, the parties reached a favorable settlement. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Consumer ProductsActed as counsel to a major healthcare and consumer products manufacturer in a Massachusetts federal court lawsuit alleging that a firefighter suffered severe burn injuries from our client's insulated plastic gloves. At trial, we successfully limited plaintiff's recovery to a nominal sum. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Consumer ProductsRepresented a major firearms and ammunition manufacturer in a Massachusetts state court action alleging that an ammunition cartridge's spontaneous detonation caused a police officer to suffer post traumatic stress disorder. We obtained a favorable settlement. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Drug and Medical DevicesRetained by a major pharmaceutical manufacturer to appeal to the Rhode Island Supreme Court a multi-million dollar compensatory and punitive damages verdict in an action alleging that plaintiffs suffered birth defects from our client's anti-convulsant medication. After briefing, we achieved a favorable settlement. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Drug and Medical DevicesRepresented a major medical products manufacturer in numerous Massachusetts state and federal court actions alleging that healthcare providers or patients suffered disabling allergies or asthma from the use of natural rubber latex gloves. Most of the cases were consolidated as part of a federal multi-district litigation. We obtained a dismissal in all cases. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Drug and Medical DevicesAdvised a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in a Massachusetts federal court lawsuit alleging that a young child suffered a severe skin disease and became blind and hearing-impaired as a result of our client's prescription antibiotic medication. We obtained summary judgment for our client, which was upheld by the First Circuit Court of Appeals. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Drug and Medical DevicesRepresented a major medical device manufacturer in a Rhode Island state court toxic tort action alleging that gaseous emissions from the client's plant caused a neighbor to suffer lung cancer. We obtained summary judgment, which was upheld by the Rhode Island Supreme Court. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Drug and Medical DevicesActing as regional counsel for a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in federal and state court lawsuits in a number of states alleging cancer, infertility, and other female reproductive tract injuries from our client's prescription anti-miscarriage drug |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Drug and Medical DevicesAdvised a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in a Rhode Island federal court action alleging that a patient suffered a serious blood disorder and ultimately died of an infection due to our client's anti-inflammatory prescription medication. At the conclusion of the trial, we obtained a favorable settlement. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Drug and Medical DevicesActed as counsel to a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in a Massachusetts state court lawsuit alleging that a patient suffered a severe skin disorder, progressive paralysis and eventual death from our client's prescription anti-inflammatory drug. We prevailed at a jury trial. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Drug and Medical DevicesRepresented a national blood bank in a Massachusetts state court action alleging that a patient contracted AIDS as a result of an HIV-tainted transfusion. We obtained a successful settlement. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Drug and Medical DevicesCurrently represent a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in a Massachusetts state court class action alleging breach of privacy from prescription compliance mailings sent by a major pharmacy chain |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Drug and Medical DevicesRepresented two major genetic testing laboratories in Massachusetts state court actions alleging the wrongful birth of children with severe genetic disorders due to negligent pre-natal testing. We obtained favorable settlements in these cases. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Industrial ProductsActed as national product liability counsel for a major manufacturer of industrial materials handling equipment. We have supervised and conducted the company's defense in a variety of state and federal courts throughout the country, including California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alabama and Washington, D.C. We also regularly counsel the client about reducing product liability risks. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Industrial ProductsAdvised a major industrial equipment manufacturer in a Massachusetts state court action alleging that a worker suffered an amputation while using our client's well-drilling equipment. We prevailed at trial. |
Product Liability and Complex Tort - Industrial ProductsRepresented a major chemical manufacturer in a Massachusetts state court action alleging that a fire caused by our client's paint-stripping compound destroyed a business. We prevailed at trial, and the verdict was upheld on appeal. |