McGlinchey’s Products Liability team’s litigation experience ranges from single-plaintiff lawsuits to regional and national mass torts and class actions at both the trial and appellate levels.
Working in jurisdictions throughout the United States, we blend proficiency in technical subjects with extensive trial experience to achieve successful outcomes.
Our products liability team represents Global 500 manufacturers, distributors, and insurers in litigation involving:
- Serious personal injuries and wrongful death
- Economic loss
- Defect claims
For decades, we have defended manufacturers in products liability matters by striving to master technically complex issues and then boiling them down for juror consumption. To assist juror understanding, we consistently lead in developing multimedia presentations. We leverage trusted relationships with technical experts who are leaders in their fields, providing us – and our clients – with the knowledge base necessary to successfully defend sometimes complex and nuanced claims.
We take seriously our role as business advisor. In addition to counseling our clients through litigation, we take the long view on our clients’ businesses, evaluating exposure and advising on federal regulatory compliance, instruction manuals, technical training, warning labels, and other measures to minimize future liability threats.
We have obtained defense verdicts and favorable settlements in cases involving:
- airbag design and function
- automotive design (including electronic stability systems, glazing systems, post-collision fuel-fed fires, restraint systems, and electrical door locks)
- aviation accidents (fixed- and rotary-wing)
- chemical plant and refinery explosions
- commercial truck and tractor accidents
- heavy equipment (including construction, agricultural, container handling, mining, and other equipment)
- elevators and escalators
- household appliances
- hydraulic systems
- industrial and manufacturing plants
- industrial and marine engine failures
- lead paint and other toxic substances
- medical devices
- motorcycle design
- plumbing supplies
- power turbines
- high voltage transmission control systems
We have defended products liability claims against a vast universe of products, including:
- agricultural equipment
- airbags
- aircraft (fixed-wing and rotary)
- asbestos
- automobiles (OEM)
- aviation equipment
- buses
- chemical plant equipment
- commercial vehicles
- construction equipment
- consumer appliances
- consumer products
- diesel engines
- diesel-electric locomotives
- diesel generators
- drywall
- elevators and escalators
- exercise equipment
- food manufacturing equipment
- healthcare equipment
- heavy equipment
- hospital equipment
- hydraulic systems
- industrial equipment
- lead paint
- marine engines and products
- medical devices
- mining equipment
- motorcycles (OEM)
- natural gas engines
- paper mill equipment
- pharmaceuticals
- pleasure craft
- plumbing supplies
- power control systems
- powertrain applications
- power turbines
- refinery equipment
- specialty vehicles
- tires and tire rims
- tractors
- transmission systems
- trucks
- watercraft
- woodworking and other power tools
