PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL DEVICES

• We provided regional counsel to a major pharmaceutical company in federal and state class actions and individual lawsuits claiming cancer, infertility and other injuries from an anti-miscarriage drug. 
• We defended a modest-sized orthopedic device company in a federal court national consumer class action claiming hip implants had excessive failure rate but had not actually failed. 
• We represented a major pharmaceutical company against a state court national class action claiming informational mailings to pharmacy chain customers violated consumer fraud statutes and patient privacy. 
• We provided counsel to a major medical device company in dozens of state and federal court suits claiming disabling allergic reactions and asthma from latex gloves. 
• We defended two major pharmaceutical companies in state and federal individual and class actions claiming childhood vaccines caused autism and other mental impairment. 
• We were retained by a major pharmaceutical company hit with a $20 million compensatory and punitive damages judgment for birth defects from an anti-seizure drug. 
• We represented two major national laboratories in lawsuits alleging erroneous prenatal genetic testing led to the birth of children with serious diseases. 

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS   

• We provided national counsel to a major valve manufacturer in approximately 400 asbestos suits involving over 20,000 Claimants in at least 18 states.
• We provided national representation to a materials handling equipment manufacturer in approximately 200 claims, including suits in approximately 10 states that involved injury and death. 
• We defended an HVAC manufacturer in a state court suit claiming death from asbestos-related cancer. 
• We advised a major chemical company in a federal court suit claiming permanent asthma and lung damage from a component of automotive paint.
• We represented a medical device manufacturer in a state court suit claiming lung cancer from emissions of gas used to sterilize products. 
• We defended a paper products manufacturer in a state court suit claiming “degloving” injuries to a worker’s hand caught in equipment previously owned by the company. 

CONSUMER PRODUCTS

• We defended a major cigarette company in approximately 85 class actions and individual lawsuits claiming illness and death from lung cancer and other conditions, and won dismissal of all claims.
• We helped a plumbing manufacturer in a state court consumer and contractor class action alleging that design defects caused water damage to consumers’ property. 
• We defended a major cigarette company in a state attorney general suit to recover smoking-related Medicaid expenses of tens of thousands of individuals. 
• We successfully represented a consumer product manufacturer in a federal court suit claiming a firefighter suffered severe burns from wearing the client’s glove.