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Products and Toxic Tort Liability Practice Highlight:
Carlton Fields client Ford Motor Company received a complete verdict in its favor by a Florida state court jury in the case of a woman who died as a result of injuries she suffered in a single car accident in 2002. Her estate claimed the injuries were the result of an inadequately designed seat back in a 1992 Mercury Grand Marquis. Carlton Fields shareholder Francis M. McDonald, Jr. and Tallahassee associate Christine Davis Graves represented Ford in the case that was filed in the Circuit Court for Holmes County, Florida. Read more about this recent success.
It is a fact of manufacturing and marketing life: No product -- regardless of the safety of its design, the clarity of its labeling, the regulation of its purchase and usage – is immune to liability. None.
U.S. product liability laws are among the most stringent, far-reaching in the world. And in today’s highly litigious environment, the financial impact of product liability suits on manufacturers and sellers can be devastating.
At Carlton Fields, we take a proactive approach to products liability defense. On the one hand, we have a thorough understanding of product liability laws and their application across diverse industries. We keep our clients abreast of changes in law – and educate them about potential sources of exposure. On the other hand, we have in-depth knowledge of product design and engineering, distribution and marketing, labeling, advertising, and consumer usage. Prevention, we believe, is ultimately the best defense in product liability.
Our Products and Toxic Tort practice group represents diverse clients with varying needs, including Fortune 100 companies and other major industry members. We provide counsel and litigation services to manufacturers, distributors, and retailers at the local, state, national, and international level.
Our trial lawyers possess a wide variety of backgrounds, and have extensive experience defending and managing various types of product liability cases, especially class action and mass tort litigation. These cases have involved such products as automobiles and auto parts, tobacco, aviation, chemical and pharmaceutical products, medical devices, security systems, electrical and power equipment, diesel engines, lawn mowers, sporting goods and recreational products – to name a few.
Group attorneys regularly publish articles in products liability periodicals, and hold leadership positions in several defense organizations including the Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC) and the Defense Research Institute (DRI).
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