Erin F. Frohardt

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Associate

  Firm Name

  Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Cases: Erin Frohardt defends companies
  individuals in class actions, product liability,
  professional liability lawsuits. Erin has developed meaningful experience representing highly visible clients in high-stakes litigation.
  Successfully represented franchisor Comfort Dental Group in a dispute in which a subfranchisor challenged the legality of the underlying business model. WTO also squashed follow-on litigation involving a complex lease dispute.
  Snyder v. ACORD, 2016 WL 192270 (D. Colo.) - Successfully represented seven codefendants in a property insurance class action lawsuit in Colorado. Plaintiffs claimed they were systematically underinsured in a monumental conspiracy, in violation of federal RICO
  antitrust laws,
  involving virtually all property insurers in Colorado as well as industry trade groups. WTO served as liaison committee counsel,
  the joint defense group ultimately won its motion to dismiss.
  Hadjih v. Evenflo (D. Colo. 2015) - Won a complete defense jury verdict in federal court for Evenflo in a $15 million failure-to-warn trial arising out of permanent injuries to a child involved in an accident while riding in an Evenflo infant seat. This was the retrial of one claim from a 2012 case, which WTO won on the issues of design defect
  consumer expectation. Failure-to-warn was taken from the jury on directed verdict, then appealed to the Tenth Circuit
  sent back to the trial court for jury consideration.
  Represent Whirlpool Corp. in various consumer product class action matters nationwide.
  Represented Farmers Insurance in two Washington insurance class actions alleging unrepairable damage claims under UIM property-damage coverage.
  Cortez v. USAA CIC - Won summary judgment for USAA based on a plaintiff's lack of st
  ing in a putative class action regarding the contractual time limitation for medical payments coverage.
  Representing a major commercial insurer in nationwide concussion
  traumatic brain injury class action litigation involving the National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Hockey League,
  U.S. Soccer Federation.
  Defended a medical device maker against product liability
  wrongful death claims involving a fire that allegedly broke out in the vicinity of a wheelchair manufactured by the company. The case settled favorably for WTO's client.