Practice Areas
Product Liability
LMC has extensive experience in all facets of product liability litigation across a wide range of industries. This experience goes beyond the defense of individual lawsuits and includes other related aspects of the litigation such as pre-suit emergency response and crisis management; early resolution of claims; coordination with related litigation; coordination with regulatory and/or legislative investigations; coordination of nationwide discovery, including electronic discovery; media relations; supervision of local counsel; retention of expert witnesses; factual investigation; settlement negotiations; and trials and appeals.
Recent Accomplishments
Hawkins v. KFC, General District Court, City of Norfolk, Virginia, Case No. GV 11-050098-00
Defendant’s verdict. September, 2012. The plaintiff alleged a food borne illness causing permanent brain injury. Litigation Management Counsel coordinated a discovery strategy that resulted in the plaintiff ultimately being unable to establish causation at trial.
News
February 13, 2013
The 2d DCA ruled that it was proper to subpoena Dr. Scott Katzman's surgery center internal cost structure information as it was relevant to establishing a claim of unreasonableness of charges for medical services. The 2d DCA remanded the case to the trial court to conduct an in camera review to determine if the documents were protected as trade secrets and if so, to enter an appropriate confidentiality order.