Sentences with phrase «defense of asbestos»

Jennifer A. Whelan is a partner in MG+M's Boston office, her practice focuses on defense of asbestos, mass tort, products liability, and general liability matters.

Lead and managing counsel for global chemical company in the defense of all asbestos personal injury and wrongful death actions filed in state and federal courts throughout Florida.

She is a proven litigator whose practice focuses on defense of asbestos, mass tort, products liability, and general liability matters.

He has been an active participant in the defense of asbestos claims in both Madison and St. Clair Counties.

In addition to our practice group's extensive experience in the defense of asbestos claims, our attorneys also have experience in handling other toxic tort matters, including benzene, mold, chemical sensitivity, lead and other chemical exposures.

Not exact matches

A defense lawyer involved in asbestos cases in Manhattan speculated, «Judge Madden is a little scared of some of the adverse publicity she's getting.»

Another advocate for tort reform said, «Defense attorneys think the drastic reduction is a result of new scrutiny of the New York asbestos docket as a result of Sheldon Silver's arrest.»

Defense verdicts in two cases tried simultaneously where the plaintiffs each alleged they had contracted symptomatic asbestosis as a result of exposure to asbestos.

As National Coordinating Counsel for multiple products manufacturers, he directs the defense of more than 200,000 asbestos lawsuits pending in all 50 states.

Ricky has also been interviewed twice by VFW Talk Radio show, The National Defense, in an effort to help better educate U.S. veterans about the dangers of asbestos exposure and their legal rights.

Who is responsible for the greater share of the cost of asbestos litigation, plaintiffs» lawyers or defense lawyers?

Of every dollar spent on asbestos litigation, the study concludes, 42 cents went to claimants, 31 cents went to defense costs and 27 cents went to plaintiffs» lawyers and other related costs.

Max has extensive experience in the defense of cases involving asbestos, silica, mold, talc, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, pesticides, benzene, PFOA, PFOS and other PFCs, other POPs, chemical mixtures, hearing loss, underground storage tanks, indoor air quality issues, due diligence audits, OSHA and other regulatory compliance.

Recent cases include the successful defense of a «pollution exclusion» avoiding a multi-million dollar asbestos claim and a favorable settlement on a contested construction defect coverage dispute.

Serving as court - appointed coordinating defense counsel in a number of asbestos cases consolidated in a special asbestos docket in Jefferson County, Alabama.

MG+M is an established leader in the field of asbestos defense.

In addition, as National Coordinating Counsel for multiple products manufacturers, he directs all aspects of the defense of more than 200,000 asbestos lawsuits pending in all 50 states.

We routinely represent multiple industrial clients in the defense of proposed class actions seeking property damages and / or personal injuries as a result of exposure to contamination or hazardous products (asbestos, PCB's, etc.).

Represented insurance companies on the defense side of automobile and worker's compensation, construction litigation, mold and asbestos cases.

As a result of his experience involving the medical aspects of asbestos health litigation, Art has served, for many years, as joint medical defense counsel for various defendants in the New York City asbestos litigation cases.

He has over 28 years of experience in the national and international defense of numerous mass torts involving prescription drugs, medical devices, pesticides, asbestos, tobacco, dietary supplements, machinery, blood products, specialty chemicals, motor vehicles and petroleum products.

He has coordinated the national defense of several major pharmaceutical litigations and has led teams defending manufacturers of vaccines, blood products, automobiles, asbestos - containing products, toys and many other products.

Attorney Seelaus focuses much of her practice on the defense of corporations in mass toxic tort cases, with an emphasis on claims involving allegations of asbestos contamination.

He has personally tried to verdict more than 35 asbestos cases in 20 different states, winning defense verdicts in 31 out of 35 trials.

Whether it is an individual involved in a simple business dispute, accident, domestic relations dispute, criminal proceeding, airplane crash, explosion, malpractice injury, a RICO indictment, injury by defective product or asbestos exposure; or a business organization faced with a multifaceted, multimillion dollar complex litigation problem, a control dispute, a grand jury investigation, a regulatory problem or an indictment; or a governmental unit facing financial default, the loss of a state - wide tax, prosecution or defense of a complex contract dispute or the need to use creative litigation to change a governmental structure — the individual, entrepreneur, corporation, private attorney, CEO, councilman, mayor, governor or even Presidential candidate has turned to the Climaco Firm to solve the problem.

Lincoln's defense was that because the asbestos in the flux coating is encapsulated in a sodium silicate binder that it was not possible that fibers of the proper size and shape could be released and inhaled by the plaintiff.

A successful defense in these types of cases requires seasoned attorneys with a keen understanding of the complex legal and medical issues involved in asbestos litigation, as well as access to skilled medical and scientific experts capable of thoroughly investigating and analyzing claims.

The case was tried reverse bifurcated and the defense did not dispute that the mesothelioma was caused by asbestos in the first phase of the case.

Our thorough investigation and analysis of each asbestos claim gives our clients greater leverage during settlement negotiations and lays the foundation for a successful defense should the case proceed to trial.

At Conroy Simberg, we are proud of our firm's nationwide reputation for delivering highly effective defense counsel in asbestos litigation matters, as well as mass tort and products liability cases, including silica claims.

The defense contended that the chrysotile asbestos to which plaintiff was exposed was not a cause of the peritoneal mesothelioma.

The case was tried reverse bifurcated and after phase I the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defense, finding that the decedent's mesothelioma was not caused by his asbestos exposure.

Defense of HVAC equipment manufacturer in Massachusetts state court wrongful death action alleging mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure

The defense was that welding rods to not release free asbestos fibers and that the decedent's lung cancer was caused by his heavy history of smoking cigarettes.

Defense verdict in a case tried before Judge Eugene Maier in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas involving a 63 year old Septa mechanic who contended that he developed lung cancer and died as a result of working with welding rods which contained asbestos.

Brent M. Karren, a partner in the firm, practices in the area of complex tort litigation with a broad focus in products liability, insurance defense, premises liability and mass tort litigation involving asbestos, and toxic tort liability.

An experienced and versatile trial attorney, Brent represents a wide variety of clients, including insurance companies, business owners, and Fortune 500 companies in matters ranging from asbestos and toxic tort cases to general negligence, premises liability, products liability and personal injury defense.

Bob has practiced in many areas of civil and administrative litigation involving toxic torts, products liability litigation, insurance defense, and asbestos litigation.

«Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant; Solutions to the Concealment of Asbestos Trust Filings in Tort Litigation,» For the Defense, April 2016

We handle a range of legal areas, from insurance defense to asbestos litigation.

With their arrival, the firm began focusing its practice on business and corporate litigation, trial work, and mass tort litigation, including the defense of personal injury cases arising from exposure to toxic substances, including asbestos.

After 35 days at trial, Nissan claimed their first asbestos trial defense verdict, proving that plaintiff Richard Steiner's lung cancer was a result of smoking, not of exposure to asbestos - containing friction products.

Another frequent source of plaintiff - side dilatory conduct of not pursuing pleaded claims is asbestos, where many defendants languish until something (usually a settlement; sometimes a bankruptcy) causes the plaintiff finally to pay attention to a low level defendant with an inchoate personal jurisdiction defense.

David Lutz and Whitney Cruz discussed the future of asbestos litigation in an article published in DRI's For The Defense.