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Brown Sims represents a large number of national and
international corporations facing product liability and
mass tort actions involving a wide array of claims for
personal injuries, property damage or economic loss.
Our firm also represents manufacturers in related litigation
for indemnity, lost profits and coverage claims involving
raw material suppliers, insurance carriers and other
commercial parties.
The firm is especially skilled at developing factual
and legal defenses for complex scientific and technical
issues. Our attorneys emphasize early strategic thinking
with the goal of obtaining the best business result for
the client. We often suggest methods of risk management
to minimize the impact of an anticipated problem.
Many of our product liability and mass tort matters are
with long-standing clients of the firm. Significantly,
Brown Sims defends entities in suits involving latent
disease injuries, such as those caused by silica or asbestos.
The attorneys at Brown Sims provide the experience, manpower
and technology necessary to defend claims from individual
plaintiffs as well as multi-party mass tort litigation.
We represent companies in various industries involving
a broad range of products, including pharmaceuticals,
medical devices, chemical products, petroleum products,
building products, food products, industrial equipment,
automobiles and consumer goods. The firm represents insurance
and reinsurance companies in insurance coverage and insurance
sales practices litigation, including multiparty and
class action litigation in state and federal courts. In
sum, the firm’s mass tort practice group is well
versed in the entire gamut of mass tort claims.
Furthermore, Brown Sims clients benefit from the firm’s
close relationship with leading experts throughout the
country in a variety of disciplines including toxicology,
epidemiology, immunology, psychiatry, teratology, risk
assessment, neurology, chemistry, hydrology, geology,
aquatics, waste water treatment, oncology, air dispersion
modeling, and numerous others.
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