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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 00:46:34+00:00

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HunterMaclean represents a wide variety of manufacturers in product liability litigation and counseling. The Firm’s capable attorneys understand the complexities that arise in defending strict liability, negligence, and warranty claims brought against manufacturers.
HunterMaclean lawyers coordinate counsel for large corporations, bringing to bear decades of experience working with national, regional, and local manufacturing clients. As a result, the team of attorneys at HunterMaclean blends a comprehensive understanding of the law in all fifty states with the personal, one-on-one attention that is a hallmark of HunterMaclean’s practice.
HunterMaclean litigators share a nuanced understanding of diverse product liability industries. These include short- and long-term exposure to a variety of mists, vapors, gases, liquids, and fumes. Representation in mass tort litigation has also involved asbestos, formaldehyde, carpal tunnel, hearing loss, and diesel exhaust. HunterMaclean has also garnered experience in many different types of vehicle cases, including rollovers and power steering, while stewarding the best interests of car manufacturers for more than 40 years.
HunterMaclean’s work on behalf of clients has established the Firm as a leader in product liability defense, with a proven record of success.
Great Dane LP: Serve as a coordinating counsel for global trailer manufacturer’s product liability litigation.
Trickett v. Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc.: Represented medical device manufacturer in product liability lawsuit stemming from alleged defective spinal cord stimulator.
Numerous plaintiffs v. Merck: Defended pharmaceutical manufacturer in Vioxx cases.
Numerous plaintiffs v. Georgia Pacific: Plaintiffs alleged brain damage from off-gassing; successful trial results.
Various plaintiffs v. Ford Motor Company: Defended Ford through trial in numerous cases, primarily related to rollovers of sport utility vehicles.
Toyota Motor Sales USA: Successfully defended various product cases plus successful third party claim against dealer in airbag death.
Numerous plaintiffs v. Baxter Healthcare / Baxter International: Represented breast implant manufacturer in various personal injury lawsuits relating to the implants.
Pitts v. Fisher-Price Inc.: Represented toy manufacturer in product liability lawsuit resulting in ultimate dismissal with prejudice in favor of client.
Smith v. Caterpillar Inc.: Plaintiff dismissed lawsuit on eve of summary judgment hearing in this product liability lawsuit alleging excessive carbon monoxide exposure.
Jenkins v. Caterpillar Inc.: Plaintiff alleged design defects in state-of-the-art cut-to-length logging equipment. Court granted summary judgment to manufacturer client on all warranty, contract, and products claims relating to the sale and use of farm equipment of more than $1 million.
Bomfim v. Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP): Represented personal watercraft manufacturer in jury trial with favorable verdict.
Taylor v. BRP and Medley v. BRP: Represented personal watercraft manufacturer in product liability lawsuits stemming from alleged defective design.
Boekenheide v. Club Car Inc.: Represented golf car manufacturer in product liability lawsuit stemming from alleged defective design that caused multi-million dollar property loss claim.
Cuya v. Ashland Inc.: Obtained dismissal of manufacturer in product liability/wrongful death action.
Myers v. Nutone Inc.: Plaintiff convinced to voluntarily dismiss cause of action against manufacturer client in this products liability lawsuit after significant investigation into cause of fire that led to plaintiff’s injuries.
Kulawiak v. Boise Cascade LLC: Represented manufacturer of engineered wood products in defective design claim.
Square D / Schneider Electric: Represent electrical parts manufacturer in various matters relating to its products.
By HunterMaclean Attorneys, published on June 25, 2014, in Savannah Morning News.
By HunterMaclean Attorneys, published in Products Liability Perspectives (Summer 2011).
By HunterMaclean Attorneys, published on May 25, 2011, in Business in Savannah.
By Nicholas J. Laybourn, published on January 15, 2011, in 2009 and 2011 ALFA International Compendium of Product Liability Law Issues.
Product Claims for Defective Class III Medical Devices: A Thing of the Past, or Stronger Than Ever?
By HunterMaclean Attorneys, published on July 1, 2008, in Products Liability Perspectives.
Chapter by HunterMaclean Attorneys in the treatise Truck Accident Litigation, 2d Ed., published on January 5, 2006, by the American Bar Association.
Published in Winter 2006, co-edited by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
Published in Fall 2005, co-edited by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
Published in Spring/Summer 2005, co-edited by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
Published in Winter 2005, co-edited by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
Published in Fall 2004, co-edited by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
By HunterMaclean Attorneys, published on February 13, 2003, in Products Liability Publication.
Presented by John M. Hewson, III, and Bradley M. Harmon to a HunterMaclean client in Savannah, Georgia, on April 27, 2016.
Presented by John M. Hewson, III, and Bradley M. Harmon to a HunterMaclean client in Savannah, Georgia, on July 24, 2014.
Presented by HunterMaclean Attorneys at the 2014 ALFA International Asia regional seminar, Flattening Legal Borders: Product Liability and IP/IT Issues for Asian Companies, in Beijing, China, on May 16, 2014.
Presented at the 20th Annual Product Liability CLE in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 2, 2012, by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
Presented at the ALFA Product Liability Practice Group Seminar in Laguna Nigel, California, in November 2008 and in Nashville, Tennessee, in November 2011 by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
Presented at the ALFA Product Liability Practice Group Seminar in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 23, 2011, by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
Presented in Paris, France, in October 2010 by HunterMaclean attorneys.
Presented at the ALFA International Law Practice Group Seminar in Paris, France, on September 24, 2010, by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
Presented at the ALFA International Client Seminar in Palm Beach, California, in March 2007 by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
Presented at the annual National Products Liability Conference held by the Defense Research Institute in spring 2002 by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
Presented at the Defense Research Institute Products Liability Conference, Young Lawyers Seminar, in Los Angeles, California, in February 2002 by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
Material for presentation at ALFA International Liability Seminar in Atlanta, Georgia, in May 2000 by HunterMaclean Attorneys.
HunterMaclean partner Dennis Keene spoke at a seminar in Beijing on product liability concerns for Chinese companies, particularly how lawsuits are litigated in state and federal courts in the United States and the role of mediation as an alternative dispute resolution tool.
HunterMaclean partner Denis Keene has been named chair of the ALFA International Product Liability Practice Group, which provides legal counsel to product manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers.

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