Toxic Tort Litigation
Many substances either alleged or known to be harmful are commonly used in various types of manufacturing. Despite best efforts, employees and consumers can be exposed to these substances. When claims and lawsuits arise alleging injury or disease from exposure to chemicals, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP’s toxic tort attorneys are fully equipped and ready to counsel clients and resolve matters—by trial, if necessary.
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP has litigated the full range of chemical exposure/toxic tort cases involving personal injury and property damage. The firm’s legal expertise and scientific/technical background have resulted in effective handling of claims involving the following:
- Toxins and fibers (including asbestos and silica)
- Propane
- Diesel fumes
- Latex
- Diacetyl/butter flavoring
- Radiation
- PCBs
- Mold
- Benzene
- Polycarbonate plastic bottles
- CO
- Dioxin
- Lead
- BETX
- Chlorine
- MEK
- MTBE
- Talc
The firm’s use of sophisticated computers, information databases, and paralegal specialists fosters efficient, practical claim evaluation and resolution.
In its capacity as national and regional counsel for product manufacturers and premises owners in mass tort and toxic tort litigation, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP has effectively coordinated and managed recurrent litigation filed in state and federal courts throughout the country. Our role has included:
- Client document review, witness identification and preparation, and defense strategy development
- Preparation and coordination of discovery responses and document production nationwide
- Preparation of deposition outlines and questionnaires for local counsel use
- Review and approval of all pleadings
- Development, preparation and presentation of all corporate witnesses
- Defense strategy development, both generally and on a case-specific basis, and development and presentation of defense expert witnesses
- Research, preparation and cross-examination of plaintiff’s expert witnesses
- Product testing
- Trial
Firm attorneys also have broad experience in mass litigation, including multidistrict litigation proceedings (MDL), medical monitoring, class actions, and multi-plaintiff filings and trials. Our class action experience has included asbestos, medical monitoring, latex gloves, consumer fraud, polycarbonate plastic bottles, groundwater contamination (including drinking water), hazardous waste and others.
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