Product Liability Defense

The firm’s attorneys have extensive experience in defending product manufacturers in a wide array of products liability actions.  The firm currently serves as Southeastern Regional Counsel for a global automotive component manufacturer, and has represented manufacturers of industrial equipment, asbestos, latex products, pharmaceuticals, medical implants, forestry machinery, and other consumer and industrial products.  We regularly address issues such as federal preemption, review and scrutiny of scientific evidence, the protection of trade secrets and other proprietary information, limitations and constraints on the award of punitive damages, warnings theories, sophisticated user doctrines, state-of-the-art defenses, venue and inconvenient forum transfers, and discovery matters.  The firm has litigated products liability cases throughout the country.