Cases
Representative Experience: Extensive Trial & Litigation Experience Areas: Automotive/Motor Vehicle Litigation - defense of claims against motor vehicle manufacturers
suppliers involving rollover, crashworthiness, asbestos,
post-collision fire.
Aviation - defense of aircraft products
components,
airline mass torts actions.
Commercial Litigation - defense of contract
fraud claims
insurance class actions.
Consumer/Industrial Products - defense of various products including pharmaceutical products
medical devices, motorcycle
bicycle helmets, industrial saws
machinery, electrical heaters, escalators,
amusement park attractions.
Food Safety - defense of food
beverage manufacturers
distributors in foodborne illness claims.
Labor/Employment - defense of management in wrongful termination, discrimination,
sexual harassment claims.
Recent Trial Experience: McDowell v. Ford Motor Company - 6-week trial involving claims that carbon monoxide from a Ford Explorer police vehicle entered the cabin, rendered the driver unconscious,
caused a crash.
Mendoza v. Ford Motor Company - 3-week trial involving claims that a wheel detached from a Ford Focus resulting in an accident
the death of the driver of another vehicle.
Thabet v. Yamaha Motor Corporation USA - 4-week trial involving a fatal crash of a personal watercraft with claims that the watercraft failed to have off-throttle/off-power steering.
Defries v. Yamaha Motor Corporation USA - 3-week trial involving the crash of a dirt motorcycle with a claim that a defect or negligence caused the throttle to detach from the h
lebars
cause the crash.
Fancher v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA- 2-week trial involving rollover of a Yamaha Rhino off-road utility vehicle with claims of defective h
ling/stability
crashworthiness.
Edwards v. Ford Motor Company - 2-week trial involving claims of defective roof
airbags in a Ford Explorer Sport Trac resulting in the death of a belted driver.
Troya v. Ford Motor Company - 3-week trial involving rollover of a Ford Expedition resulting in the death of the belted driver with claims of defective roof.
Hightower-Brown v. Ford Motor Company - 3-week employment trial involving claims of disability discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation
wrongful termination.
Niemeyer v. Ford Motor Company - 2-week trial involving claim of airbag defects in a Ford Focus resulting in a death of driver.
Cuevas v. Ford Motor Company -1-week trial involving a rollover of a Ford F-150 pickup truck with claim of defective steering components.
Mauro v. Ford Motor Company - 9-week trial involving rollover of a 15 passenger van, with claims of defects in vehicle h
ling
negligent failure to recall.
Lee v. Ford Motor Company - 7-week trial involving rollover of a 15 passenger van, with claims of defective roof structure resulting in quadriplegia to belted driver.
Sorci v. Ford Motor Company & Mazda - 3-week trial involving a rear-end collision
rollover resulting in paraplegia to belted occupant, with claim of defective seat in Ford Probe.
Mansur v. Ford Motor Company -10-week trial involving a rollover resulting in death to belted occupant with claims of defective stability, roof
seatbelts in Ford Explorer.
Pillado v. Ford Motor Company - 5-month trial involving a rollover resulting in spinal cord injuries with claims of defective suspension
roof in Ford Aerostar van.
Belen v. Ford Motor Company - Defense at trial of claims of defective seatbelts
sliding door in a rollover of Ford Aerostar van resulting in ejections
deaths of four belted occupants.
Pansacola v. Malaysian Airlines - 2-week trial for wrongful termination
sexual harassment claims against airline supervisor.
Cory v. Ford Motor Company - 3-month trial against a claim of a defective roof in a rollover of the Ford LTD resulting in quadriplegia to faultless, belted occupant.
Gambill v. Ford Motor Company - 2-week trial involving a claim of a defective seat in Ford Explorer.
Gozukara v. Ford Motor Company - 3-month trial against claims of defective vehicle h
ling
stability in rollover of Ford Explorer resulting in paraplegia.
Deluca v. Ford Motor Company -1-week trial against claim of defective brakes in Mercury Mountaineer.
Kocinski v. Bell Motorcycle Europe - 4-week trial against claim of breach of sponsorship contract brought by professional racer.
