Environmental/Toxic and Mass Torts
The Environmental/Toxic/Mass Torts Practice Group has experience in a variety of cases, including individual lawsuits as well as complex, multi-party cases, class actions, mass torts, and multi-district litigation proceedings. Following are some examples of the types of cases in which the Environmental/Toxic/Mass Torts Practice Group has significant experience.
- Defense of class actions and individual products liability lawsuits representing manufacturers of asbestos-containing building materials.
- Defense of class actions and individual lawsuits representing manufacturers of chemicals and chemical products charged with environmental contamination of property and toxic exposures to individuals.
- Mold litigation.
- Insurance and coverage claims and bad faith actions concerning environmental lawsuits and toxic tort liabilities.
- Counseling of clients in real estate and other commercial transactions on due diligence and avoidance of environmental liabilities.
Experience
- Statewide representation of a leading buildings products manufacturer in individual and class action products liability lawsuits alleging property damage due to the use of asbestos-containing products.
- Statewide representation of a manufacturer of respiratory equipment in mass tort "silica" exposure litigation.
- Statewide representation of manufacturers of industrial pumps and other industrial equipment in asbestos personal injury cases.
- Representation of insurance companies in lawsuits concerning coverage disputes related to damages caused by environmental contamination and toxic torts.
- Representation of a general contractor in a lawsuit by a subcontractor alleging liability for breach of contract and tort for damages alleged to have been caused by exposure to toxic chemicals on the construction site.
- Representation of an industrial coatings manufacturer and a pigment manufacturer in benzene exposure cases.
- Representation of the president of a specialty chemical company in class action litigation alleging liability for property damage and personal injury due to chemical contamination of a neighborhood located in the vicinity of the manufacturing plant.
- Counseling with a forestry products company concerning potential environmental liabilities and defective product liabilities in connection with a prospective purchase of another company.