Product Liability

Ashley Ward, Sarah G. Cronan, Lauren Roberts and Bob Connolly

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From offices in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and Indiana, Stites & Harbison represents a broad cross-section of product manufacturers regionally and nationally. We are trial and appellate lawyers who focus on defending complex or high-profile lawsuits.

Stites & Harbison has significant experience with most consumer, commercial, and industrial products, including:

asbestos industrial tools & presses
agricultural vehicles & implements ladders & scaffolding
automobiles & component parts medical devices
building materials pharmaceuticals
beverages plastics & composites
chemicals & dyes recreational vehicles & products
construction equipment     steel & iron components
electrical equipment & electronics trucks & transportation fleets
food production toxic substances

Stites & Harbison is also involved in prevention and risk management activities aimed at reducing the incidence of product-related accidents while minimizing or preventing product liability lawsuits.

When lawsuits do occur, the firm's lawyers actively involve product manufacturers in developing  the most effective defenses. We also can coordinate the defense of product liability litigation on a regional and national basis, select local counsel, formulate sophisticated strategies, manage relevant and discoverable documents, identify and protect privileged documents, provide uniform discovery responses, prepare company employees for depositions, and develop expert witness testimony.  In addition, our lawyers are experienced in litigation budgeting, alternative fee arrangements, and cost effective case management.

More than 20 attorneys with the firm, including members of this service group, are trained in the engineering disciplines and natural sciences.  Members of the group participate in all national organizations with an interest in the effective defense of product liability lawsuits, serve on editorial boards of industry publications, write and publish useful articles, and appear on national product liability panels and programs.

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