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Products Liability
Realizing that product liability cases can dramatically harm the success of an entire product line or even a company’s overall business, our lawyers take a coordinated approach to developing a defense of the product itself that will stand throughout the entire case. Combining technical background with creativity and proven trial skills, our lawyers have handled some of the most complicated and challenging cases before tribunals. Squire Sanders’ record of success includes defending Fortune 500 companies in cases ranging from catastrophic injuries in industrial settings to claimed exposure to radioactive materials.
Examples of matters handled related to product liability include:
- Our lawyers frequently counsel multinational companies on a variety of product liability and related insurance coverage issues.
- We have defended claims spanning the full gamut of products, including pharmaceuticals and medical devices, building materials, electrical equipment, heaters and temperature regulating devices, industrial equipment and a variety of consumer products.
- Our lawyers have litigated complex insurance coverage issues involving product liability and the release of toxic substances into the environment.
- We successfully have handled more than a dozen nationwide product recalls in the United States.
- Our lawyers routinely counsel clients on issues involving product instructions and warnings, warranties, disclaimers, limitations of remedy and other terms and conditions in sales, leasing and licensing documents.
- We render legal advice on product liability, insurance, indemnity, corporate disregard and successor liability issues arising in the context of corporate transactions.
- We advise clients on compliance with the numerous, complex and often overlapping requirements of the agencies that regulate their businesses.
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