Product Liability
When it comes to product liability matters, we are the choice for clients who want highly-skilled lawyers willing and able to take a case to and through trial. Our lawyers have handled thousands of product liability and major tort cases, often high profile and complex ones, throughout the United States. We have and continue to serve as national counsel and trial counsel in product liability matters on behalf of clients from a broad spectrum of industries, including Automotive, Chemical, Construction, Electrical, Energy, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Technology.
Our notable representations include:
- As national lead trial counsel for the welding industry, the firm won all 6 jury trials, on ten plaintiffs’ claims, that we handled in the nationwide product liability litigation. Juries in Cleveland, Ohio, New Orleans, Louisiana, Madison County, Illinois, and Akron, Ohio unanimously rendered complete verdicts for the defendants in those cases.
- Representing a global manufacturer of roofing materials in lawsuits alleging defects in thousands of roofing systems and warranties sold throughout the state of Louisiana and Ohio.
- Counsel for a chemical company in Louisiana cases alleging injuries as a result of company-branded herbicides.
- The Firm currently serves as Louisiana counsel for a major producer of agricultural products in multiple cases relating to a closely-watched MDL.
- Representing industrial gas company in litigation involving an explosion of a hydrogen-fueled forklift.
A Barrasso Usdin products liability team recently secured a complete defense verdict in a week-long trial in the Civil District Court of Orleans Parish.
The firm represented a Montana-based gun manufacturer in a lawsuit brought by a Louisiana competitor for defamation and violation of the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act. The firm helped the client secure victory at the district court level, and on appeal.
The firm obtained summary judgment on behalf of a knee and bone cement manufacturer. The firm then defended the victory on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which affirmed the client’s complete victory.
Our firm frequently represents energy companies in “legacy” lawsuits brought by landowners claiming property contamination from oil and gas production and exploration activities. In one such case, the landowners sought to recuse a trial judge on constitutional-law grounds based on past judicial campaign advertisements.
Law360 selected Richard E. Sarver as a Legal Lion for securing a complete defense verdict in defense of Janssen Pharmaceutical’s Xarelto.
A Barrasso Usdin trial team successfully defended Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Orthopaedics in the first bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation involving a DePuy hip implant.
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