Randolph Thomas Moore

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Of Counsel

  Firm Name

  Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Litigation: Trial & Litigation
  Marine Products - defense of recreational boat
  engine manufacturers in product liability
  warranty cases arising under the state law or federal admiralty/maritime law, including claims involving propeller injuries, carbon monoxide poisoning, collisions, steering/throttle controls, explosions/fires, limitation of liability,
  seaworthiness
  Consumer/Industrial Products - defense of manufacturers of personal protective equipment, including fall protection equipment, respirators, eye protection,
  hearing protection,
  various other products, including sporting goods equipment, generators, scaffolds, ladders,
  power tools
  Automotive Products - defense of post-collision fire, rollover, restraint system
  crashworthiness cases for domestic
  foreign automobile manufacturers
  Trucking - defense of post-collision fire, fifth wheel assembly, restraint system, conspicuity, transmission,
  braking system cases for truck manufacturers
  trucking companies
  Representative Cases
  As lead trial counsel, R
  y defended a recreational boat manufacturer in a multi-million dollar breach of contract/warranty action involving a large yacht.
  R
  y defended a recreational boat manufacturer in a commercial dispute relating to the alleged breach of multiple dealership agreements. As lead counsel, he opposed Plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction, motion to compel arbitration of its multi-million dollar damage claim,
  appeal from the order denying arbitration.
  R
  y defended several ski boat manufacturers in a nationwide putative class action lawsuit seeking to preclude them from selling boats without certain design features
  warning labels. As lead counsel, R
  y defeated Plaintiff's request for class certification
  ultimately obtained judgments on or involuntary dismissals of all claims.
  Based on an unconventional application of the federal Death on the High Seas Act, R
  y obtained summary judgment for a recreational boat manufacturer in a wrongful death action arising out of a boating fatality that occurred on a 14-mile inl
  Mexican river. He then opposed Plaintiff's appeal of the trial court's ruling before the California Court of Appeal, which found in its published opinion that this body of water constituted the high seas under the Act.
  R
  y developed, implemented
  managed a national counsel program for a global manufacturer of fall protection equipment, which assisted the client in resolving, by motion, trial or settlement, more than 130 cases in more than 30 states over a period of approximately 20 years.
  R
  y developed
  implemented a national counsel program for a foreign automotive manufacturer for all consumer warranty cases filed against it in the United States. The program provided uniform, efficient,
  cost-effective procedures for h
  ling all aspects of the client's defense of warranty claims.