Manufacturers and distributors of all products need lawyers that understand how to protect your business from liability. Macdonald Devin has a long history of representing clients in products-related matters, including the defense of claims against manufacturers and distributors of chemical products, electrical devices, industrial machines and consumer products, drugs and medical devices.
Our attorneys have represented clients in a broad spectrum of cases dealing with issues relating to design and manufacturing of the products themselves and the warnings and instructions that accompany every item from children’s car seats to heavy industrial equipment. Damage claims range from business interruption, spoiled inventory, and property losses to catastrophic personal injuries and wrongful death cases.
Because of our experience, resources and commitment, our attorneys are often called upon to manage and handle litigation on a national, statewide and regional basis. The firm has also been retained to investigate areas experiencing extensive litigation and design programs to efficiently manage and defend similar suits. Our clients also include both new and established companies seeking advice in product liability risk management.
Our lawyers team with design engineers, industrial and mechanical engineers, human factors and biomechanical engineers, and forensic economists to address the complexity of this fast changing area of the law.
Electrical Devices and Components
Electrical products are so reliable today that we rarely give them a second thought. However, a subtle mistake in design, or a bad component that finds its way into the finished product, or an instruction that is incomplete or confusing can lead to catastrophic results. Fires can cause both property damage and personal injury, and electrical malfunctions can destroy sophisticated systems. Our lawyers work with electrical engineers, fire cause and origin specialists, and systems experts to do the detective work that means the difference between success and failure in the courtroom.
Mechanical Devices and Machines
Industrial assembly lines, lawn mowers, and the chairs we sit in at our offices all share one feature: they are mechanical devices made up of moving parts that sometimes fail as a result of design or engineering oversights, manufacturing errors, or unintended and improper usage.
Whether a claim involves a finished product or the machine that makes the finished product, our lawyers can assemble a team of design and system experts, human factor specialists, and accident reconstruction consultants capable of providing an effective and efficient defense.
Drug and Medical Device
The lawyers who make up our drug and medical device litigation group possess a wide range of skills and experience in resolving matters arising from the use of implanted and external medical devices, as well as pharmaceutical prescriptions and over-the-counter medications. Our experience includes claims and lawsuits involving all aspects of product liability, drug interaction, compliance issues, medical monitoring, off-label use of drugs, and device fraud.
We represent drug and medical device manufacturers, as well as component product suppliers and distributors. Lawyers from this section have served and are presently serving as national coordinating defense counsel for a variety of defendants in medical device and vaccine litigation, and have served as local and regional counsel in breast implant, orthopedic bone screw and diet drug litigation.