Representative Cases

A SAMPLING OF CASES WHICH WE HAVE HANDLED:

BUSINESS DISPUTES
Breach of contract/commercial losses, commercial real estate development disputes, computer software errors and omissions, service and/or maintenance contracts, computer software conversions, shareholder disputes, stock redemption disputes, buy/sell agreements, business valuation, bank workout/replevin, and banking claims.

CONSTRUCTION
Residential and commercial construction defect disputes, road construction and related delay claims, electrical contractor claims, steel erection, excavation, claims against contractors, roofing companies, underground tunneling, window design and construction, water infiltration claims, plumbing and heating claims, utility locating/marking.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISPUTES
Copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, unfair competition, and Lanham Act litigation.

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION - FARM LIABILITY
Cattle feed that allegedly caused illness and death, veterinary malpractice cases, insurance coverage case involving question of coverage under CGL policy for loss of limb by grain auger, insurance coverage involving CGL policy and loss involving discovator (farm implement pulled behind tractor for planting rows), fires in corn dryers, corn storage bins (internal and external augers, both as manufactured and altered by buyer), farm employee versus independent contractor status, hauling of farm products and materials, stray voltage, farm animals causing damage, equestrian liability.

FIRE LITIGATION
Arabian horse facility fire, arson / fraud, assisted living facility fire, combine and tractor sales/servicing facility fire, commercial parking garage fire, custom home fire, custom home fire, fire subrogation, fires at agricultural facilities, greenhouse fire, manufactured home fire, manufacturing facility chemical leak and resulting fire/explosion, maritime fire loss, natural gas pipeline leak, office-complex fire, residential construction fire, restaurant fire, town home complex fire, University library fire.

MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY
Third-party liability, uninsured/underinsured claims, no-fault, bad faith, fraud claims, long-haul trucking industry, rental car industry issues, garage liability, auto insurance coverage matters, subrogation, ADR, arbitration and mediation of automobile claims, trial and appellate court work in all of these areas.

PRODUCTS LIABILITY - AGRICULTURE
Combines, tractors, balers, swathers, silos and silo unloaders, portable augers, barn cleaners, poultry layering systems, dairy farms, hog barns, threshers, corn dryers, cattle feed, fiberglass reinforced plastic used in farm building construction, agricultural chemicals, farm scales.

PRODUCTS LIABILITY - CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Bungee cords/tarp straps, nutritional dietary products, sailboats, motorboats, manufactured homes, washers, dryers, ladders, dry cleaning equipment, refrigerators, Drano, guns, chainsaws, water heaters, lawnmowers, snowmobiles and snowblowers, aerosol cans, flammable fabrics, playground equipment, exercise equipment, bicycles, swimming pools, home alarm systems, lift equipment, garage doors, ski bindings, safety glasses, helmets, propane and kerosene heaters and cooking equipment, paint products, rust removers, camping vehicles and components such as steering, braking systems, farm and recreational vehicles, motorcycles, household appliances, commercial and home elevators and escalators, cosmetics, tire rims/wheels.

PRODUCTS LIABILITY - ELECTRICAL
Marine battery chargers, marine electrical and systems wiring, pumps, public utility distribution systems, avionics, and electrical timing devices.

PRODUCTS LIABILITY - INDUSTRIAL
Punch presses and press brakes, printing presses, hydraulic equipment, electrical equipment, automatic sliding and swinging doors, radio transmitters, polystyrene foam, asphalt manufacturing system, roofing materials, wood products, sewage treatment facilities, paints, thinners, and petroleum products, toxic chemicals, asbestos, construction equipment, food processing equipment, prefabricated buildings, blasting, fireworks, industrial scales, automatic fire sprinklers, industrial adhesives, concrete and concrete pumps, incinerators, conveyors, industrial ovens, scaffolds, industrial racking, and booms.

PRODUCTS LIABILITY - MEDICAL DEVICES/PHARMACEUTICAL
IV equipment, blood factors, oxygen pumps, endotracheal tubes, medical garments, spinal stabilization hardware, breast implants, DES claims, DPT claims, L-Tryptophan, blood products, various prescriptive and non-prescriptive medications, and food poisoning.

PRODUCTS LIABILITY - MOTOR VEHICLES
Brakes, tires, tire rims/wheels, camping vehicles and components such as steering, braking systems, farm and recreational vehicles, and motorcycles.