John Robert Trigg

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Counsel

  Firm Name

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

  Representative Cases: Jack Trigg is known for a long career of high-stakes product liability defense nationwide. Throughout his career, he has served as trial counsel to companies including Ford, Motor Coach Industries,
  Volvo. Jack has represented Ford in two certified class action jury trials in California, one lasting four months
  the other spanning 10 months.
  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 major motorcoach manufacturer in multiple-fatality rollover crash litigation involving extensive document production.
  Granite State Insurance v. Ken Caryl Ranch Master Association, 183 P.3d 563 (Colo. 2008) - Successfully appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court a case WTO won at the trial court level, but which was reversed by the Colorado Court of Appeals. Following arguments, the Colorado Supreme Court's published opinion restored the complete victory for the insurer in this precedent-setting case of first impression
  made it easier for commercial property insurers to underst
  
  follow Colorado's statutory notice requirements.
  Represented footwear manufacturer Crocs in nationwide litigation involving allegations of defectively designed footwear
  failure to warn with respect to alleged risks associated with wearing the shoes on escalators.
  Won a jury defense verdict in U.S.D.C. for the District of Colorado for an automobile manufacturer in a wrongful death crashworthiness case.
  Represented Ford Motor Co. in a 10-month, nationwide class action jury trial in California involving thick film ignition modules in 12 million vehicles. The trial ended in a hung jury.
  Defended Ford Motor Co. in a Missouri class action involving automobile transmissions.
  Won dismissal for Ford Motor Co. in an Alabama class action involving the Bronco II.
  Represented defendants in the Dupont Plaza Hotel fire that killed 97 people in Puerto Rico.
  Represented defendants in claims relating to the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, which killed 168 people in Southgate, Kentucky.
  Defended Mobay Chemical Company (then a subsidiary of Bayer) against claims arising from the Sunshine Mine disaster. The catastrophic fire in the Idaho silver mine killed more than 90 miners. After a four-month trial, all claims against Mobay were dismissed.
  In re Ford Explorer Cases (Cal. Sacramento Cnty. Super. Ct. 2007) - Defended Ford Motor Co. in a four-month certified class action trial involving $2 billion in consumer fraud claims. On the day set for closing arguments, the plaintiffs agreed to a no-cash, coupon-based settlement for the California class
  classes in three other states with pending parallel actions.