Ulmer & Berne LLP's mass tort/occupational exposure practice has been actively involved in the defense of innumerable toxic tort claims for 25 years. Because of our thoroughness, timely reporting and outstanding results, our clients - who have been sued due to alleged exposures to a variety of industrial chemicals, lead, silica, and asbestos-containing products - have been and remain extremely pleased with our work.
We focus on client contact - clients are always timely apprised of all significant developments -- and use our expertise, aggressiveness and thoroughness to properly handle these types of claims, usually involving various types of lung disease and/or cancer. Our insight and evaluative skills allow us to deftly handle cases, formulating strategies appropriate to each individual case in order to achieve the best results. At the same time, we strive to prudently staff each case, taking into account the particular needs of the client. We litigate on a variety of theories including conventional tort/product liability claims, intentional tort claims and workers' compensation claims.
The primary legal allegation of theories in the product liability claims are usually "failure to warn" and strict liability. Defenses to these claims include state-of-the-art arguments with respect to the allegedly defective condition of the product itself, and significant issues with respect to causation of the individual condition from which the claimant allegedy suffers. Ulmer & Berne's mass tort/occupational exposure attorneys have experience in all aspects of these cases and have used a variety of safety, medical and epidemiological experts to defend them.
We maintain a good relationship with co-defense counsel and often join efforts on certain issues for both stragetic reasons and cost effectiveness. We also have earned significant respect from plaintiffs' counsel due to our legal creativity, aggressiveness, thoroughness, and results, which inures to the best interests of our clients.