Practice Areas

Maslon's lawyers represent companies facing product liability actions throughout the country. We partner with our clients to act as national or regional counsel for their product liability actions. We approach the defense of products liability actions by thoroughly discovering the facts of the case, exploring all legal defenses, and hiring quality experts in order to position our clients' matters for dispositive motion.

Maslon lawyers have considerable experience acting as local counsel in products liability and mass tort matters, in both state and federal court. Because of our substantive depth we can take as much responsibility as national counsel desires.

One of our attorneys is a leading expert on the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure. Because a significant part of our practice is in federal court, we are very familiar with local federal rules and the judges presiding over federal court cases.

Our practice has included a wide spectrum of products including:

• Medical devices
• Pharmaceuticals
• Automobiles
• Tobacco
• Industrial equipment
• Elevators
• Asbestos
• Ladders
• Storage tanks
• Smokeless tobacco
• Mechanical systems
• Implantable devices
  Neurological
  Cardiac
  Pain Control

Resources:

David F. Herr, Annotated Manual for Complex Litigation, Third (West 2003).

David F. Herr, Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, Minnesota Chapter of ACCA and West Group, April 25, 2001.

Laurie A. Kindel, Spoliation of Evidence: Will the New Millennium See a Further Expansion of Sanctions for the Improper Destruction of Evidence?, 27 WM. MITCHELL L. REV. 687 (2000).

Mark W. Lee & Laurie A. Kindel, Emerging Issues in Products Liability, The International Risk Management Institute Report (Mar. 1999).

R. Lawrence Purdy, Use of Experts in Product Litigation, 1986 Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, Product Liability Update.