A product liability claim rarely stays confined to a single plaintiff. The first case sets the price of every case behind it, and sometimes the fate of the product line itself.
Henderson Parks defends manufacturers, distributors, and sellers against claims of design defect, manufacturing defect, failure to warn, and breach of warranty, in single-plaintiff suits, class actions, and coordinated mass tort proceedings. Working with engineers and experts, the firm grounds each defense in how the product was actually designed, built, and used.
Because Henderson Parks tries these cases to verdict, plaintiffs’ demands reflect the risk of facing a jury rather than the expectation of an easy settlement.
Experience:1
- Briefed and argued a Seventh Circuit appeal applying forum non conveniens principles to multidistrict product litigation arising from foreign incidents.
- Won a $29 million summary judgment, plus attorneys’ fees, in litigation over recalled battery backup units involving complex warranty and engineering-design issues.
- Successfully defended a global pharmaceutical manufacturer in multiple catastrophic-injury product liability cases.
1 The illustrative matters listed include work performed by our lawyers at prior firms.