Products Liability
Our Expertise
Our Products Liability Group is recognized regionally and nationally for defending high exposure claims involving alleged defects in products, toxic substances, and complex workplace and premises conditions. The team regularly tries cases in state and federal courts across the country, representing manufacturers and distributors whose products are distributed regionally, nationally, and internationally. These matters often involve asbestos-containing materials, automobiles, aircraft components, locomotives, heavy industrial equipment, drugs and medical devices, welding and industrial equipment, and other sophisticated products.
Our team’s experience includes serving as national and trial counsel for Fortune 100 and other large companies in asbestos and cosmetic talc litigation across multiple states, obtaining defense verdicts in mesothelioma and other catastrophic injury trials, and securing important appellate decisions on causation and maritime and workplace liability defenses.
The group has also led the defense of mass tort litigation involving more than a thousand claims and billions of dollars in alleged exposure, achieving dismissal of all claims through motion practice, and has successfully resolved high exposure coverage and risk transfer disputes for insurers and product manufacturers in state and federal courts.
Our lawyers are trusted by national and international insurers to handle coverage disputes and litigation under individual, commercial, and excess liability policies that arise from catastrophic transportation accidents, mass toxic torts, environmental incidents, and labor and employment related claims. Several members of the group are repeatedly recognized by peer reviewed publications for product liability, mass tort, and personal injury litigation on behalf of defendants, including “Lawyer of the Year” honors and listings in Best Lawyers® in America for Product Liability Litigation – Defendants and related categories.
Drawing on decades of experience, including the coordination of mass tort dockets and multi-jurisdictional portfolios, the team has built a strong record of defense verdicts, successful dispositive motions, and favorable resolutions in some of the most challenging products cases tried in Virginia and beyond.
