Toxic Tort and Product Liability

The Toxic Tort and Product Liability Practice Group is recognized by a number of its clients as one of the national leaders in innovative management of mass tort litigation. Our years of experience have allowed the Toxic Tort and Product Liability Group to develop expertise in the management of mass tort claims, including but not limited to asbestos litigation, silica, mixed dust abrasive blasting, pharmaceuticals, devices, mold and other chemical exposures. We also represent numerous product manufacturers in heavy machine products cases.

The firm acts as the National Coordinating Counsel for multi-national Fortune 500 companies. The firm also represents a number of other national corporations in products actions.

This Group places a high priority on using new technologies, and implementing training programs for its attorneys and paralegals, to increase efficiency and cost savings for its clients.

Some of the clients we represent in the Toxic Tort and Products Group in New York/New Jersey and throughout the United States are as follows:

Ingersoll-Rand Company; Trane U.S., Inc; Dresser-Rand Company; Flowserve Incorporated; Rheem Manufacturing Company; Hoffman/New Yorker, Incorporated.; Raypak Company; Avnet Corporation; Moyno, Incorporated; Robbins & Myers; Chemineer Corporation; Bird Incorporated; General Cable Corporation; Carol Cable Company; Hydrotherm Inc.; Saint Gobain; Clark Equipment; Luce Schwab & Kase; John Sore Incorporated; L & H Plumbing Supply; Myles F. Kelly, Incorporated; MidCo International; Majestic Plumbing and Heating; PCC Industries Incorporated; American Refractories Incorporated; NIBCO, Incorporated; Avon Products Incorporated; World-Wide Construction Corporation; Helmsley Spear, Incorporated; Disaster Recovery Experts, Incorporated; Darco Southern, Incorporated; Campbell Soup Company; Cytodyne Technologies, Incorporated; M.H. Detrick Company; Best Manufacturing, Incorporated.

The Insurance Companies that we interface with in our Toxic Tort and Products Group are as follows:

Resolute Insurance Company; Allstate Insurance Company; CNA Insurance Company, AIG Insurance Company, Firemen’s Fund Insurance Company, Reliance Insurance Company; Sentry Claim Service Insurance Company; Providence-Washington Insurance Company; St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company; Selective Insurance Company; Zurich Group Insurance Company; Nationwide Insurance Company; Utica Mutual Insurance Company; Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company; The Hartford Insurance Company; Prudential Reinsurance Insurance Company; Commercial Union Insurance Company; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Kemper Insurance Company; Cavell USA, Inc. Insurance Company.