Liability Defense

• Personal Injury
• Professional Malpractice
• Product Liability
• General Litigation
• Asbestos and Silica Litigation

First-Party Insurance Defense Litigation

• Arson Fraud
• Theft Fraud
• Bad Faith/Punitive Damages
• Coverage Issues
• Uninsured Motorist Coverage

• Litigates toxic tort insurance, negligence, products liability, employer intentional tort, commercial and construction related claims in federal and state trial courts and state appellate court. 
• Representation has included insurers, manufacturers, restaurants, municipalities, contractors and various commercial and residential premises owners.
• Toxic tort litigation has included asbestos and silica claims.
• Products liability and industrial-related injury/loss cases have included death in an industrial elevator; death due to tractor roll-over; electrical injury from industrial tip hardener, fire losses from electrical energy management device, industrial explosion and electrical signage; environmental damage from underground gasoline storage tank failure; lost income from defective electrical component manufacturing equipment; various personal injury claims from home appliances, etc.
• Experience in representing major fast food restaurant corporation and fast food franchises in personal injury and food-related claims, as well as criminal acts by third-parties.
• Experience in handling insurance coverage issues and declaratory judgments, including numerous arson and fraud claims.
• Arbitrator and mediator in Cuyahoga County and Lake County, Ohio, and for the Better Business Bureau including its Auto Arbitration program and general consumer claims.
  

Presentations
“What Can DRI Do For Your SLDOs?” DRI Central Region Meeting (April 2008)

"Preparation of the Insurance Professional for Testifying at a Deposition," CPCU Society (April 2003)

"Claims Handling and Preparing for Depositions - Daubert and the Arson Investigator," Ohio Chapter of NSPII (March 29, 2000)