• Defended a chemical processing plant in a deliberate intent case where an employee sustained severe burns over 60 percent of his body which he alleged were due to mishandling of chemicals
• Defended a coal company against a worker alleging he sustained serious injuries when he was pinned between a remote-controlled continuous miner and the wall of the coal mine
• Multiple representations of elevator and escalator manufacturing and servicing companies in cases involving alleged defects on escalators resulting in falls, alleged drops or sudden stops in elevators and shoe entrapments and falls on escalators
• Represented coal companies against plaintiffs claiming that improper maintenance of mining equipment led to exposure to fumes from the equipment, resulting in accidents and personal injuries
• Representing trucking companies in immediate investigation of accidents, inspection and collection of evidence, retention of experts, etc., in anticipation of litigation
• On behalf of an international chemical company, served as “ad hoc” regional counsel to support in-house legal department; defended claims resulting from accidental chemical releases
• On behalf of regional convenience store chain, tracks and monitors all its litigation to ensure consistent application of company’s litigation policies and discovery responses and coordination among operational personnel and other service providers
• Represented manufacturer of a small compactor which plaintiff alleged was defective because it did not have a seatbelt interlock to force the plaintiff to wear the seatbelt before starting the compactor; the plaintiff drove the compactor off the side of a trailer while not wearing the seatbelt and fell, sustaining injuries resulting in quadriplegia
• Represented a manufacturer of highway construction equipment against a plaintiff who alleged that the suspension on large compactors caused back injuries
• Represented a coal company against the estate of a truck driver who was fatally injured when the tractor-trailer he was driving downhill overturned; plaintiffs alleged improper inspections of a coal haulage vehicle and improper road design

Trial Experience

• Defended a coal company against a contractor who had tractor-trailer brake failure during descent of a steep haul road, claiming that improperly marked roads caused his accident and serious injuries
• Represented a coal company in a multi-million-dollar business dispute concerning coal lease payments and overriding royalties, breach of contract and early termination of that lease
• Co-counsel in defense of auto manufacturer in wrongful death claim of teenager in a “t-bone collision;” parents asserted the seatbelts were defective and therefore caused the death
• Co-counsel in defense of auto manufacture in claim that engine alternator was defective, causing fire in engine, resulting in severe burns to plaintiff
• Defended utility company in premises liability claim that it was required to assist in unloading of pipe truck, where load spilled onto plaintiff causing serious injury