Products Liability

From Fortune 500 companies to entrepreneurships, Steptoe & Johnson provides clients with unparalleled experience in products liability and mass tort defense.

Before a matter makes it to court, our team of skilled trial lawyers prepares an aggressive defense plan which includes strategy development, trial preparation, expert testimony, and jury research.

Steptoe & Johnson is one of the few defense firms in the region with a specialty group dedicated to products liability. This focus provides our clients with a team of advocates who understand the changing laws, the evolving science, and the courts. Our goal is to achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients, as cost-effectively as possible.

Highlights

Advocates with industry-specific defense strategies
Skilled national, regional, and local counsel
Knowledgeable practitioners familiar with regional courts, practices, and opposing counsel
Efficient project managers with the ability to develop cost-effective litigation budgeting, including alternative fee arrangements
Dedicated paraprofessionals who are essential to streamlining document-intense litigation

Representative Experience

Defended all types of defendants in asbestos litigation including claims against employers, premises owners, product manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, contractors, and others
Performed large-scale document review for a multi-national corporation faced with products liability litigation
Represented defendants in benzene claims
Represented a world-wide manufacturer of heavy equipment in mass litigation involving claims of negligent design, failure to warn, and/or inadequate warnings
Served as assistant national coordinating defense counsel in toxic tort litigation for a world-wide product manufacturer
Defended manufacturers of elevators, HVAC equipment and systems, household appliances, coal processing equipment, pipe and pipe couplings, and electrical connectors against many types of product liability claims
Defended domestic and international automotive and auto component manufacturers in connection with product and design defect claims, including airbags, door handles, roof strength, and general crashworthiness
Defended porcelain sanitaryware manufacturer in product liability class action involving manufacturing defect alleged to have caused cracking in toilet tanks, with resulting class settlements constituting 0.0056% of damage models presented by class counsel