Trial Behavior Consulting has decades of experience in researching and consulting on product liability litigation, including serial litigation, and it is one of our biggest practice areas. We have extensive experience dealing with a wide range of cases and high exposure cases involving wrongful deaths, catastrophic injuries, mesothelioma, cancer, traumatic brain injuries, tumors, fractures, amputations, paralysis, soft tissue injuries and claims of PTSD.
In serial litigation, it is critical to get systematic feedback from jurors. We routinely collect and analyze feedback from jurors by conducting mock trials and focus groups as well as shadow juries and post-trial juror interviews. We use this information to create strategic refinements and real-time responses to changes in plaintiffs’ approach. Our extensive database on juror attitudes also provides us with a wealth of information for future projects.
Representative Product Liability Matters:
Asbestos: As a preferred provider for the Asbestos Claims Facility in the 1980’s, we conducted some of the earliest research for the primary manufacturers, worked on over 150 trials, and developed a trial manual summarizing our findings. Since then, we have continued to work on variety of cases from high dose to low dose, and friction to workplace exposure.
Drug, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device: Our experience includes anticonvulsants, antidepressants, antipsychotics, birth control implants and pills, cold remedies, colonoscopy products, diabetes medications, non-prescription supplements, pain killers, tobacco, hip implants, knee implants, spinal implants, pain pumps, surgical devices and ophthalmic instruments.
Food: We have worked on contamination cases involving apple juice (E. coli), pet food (Methionine) and jam (unsealed jars), as well as claims of choking hazards involving meatballs, hotdogs and candy products.
Household Goods: Assisting manufacturers of ovens, deep fryers, blenders, teapots, space heaters, home alarms, surge protectors, candles, infant slings, child car seats, ladders, pools, drains, windows, and other building materials.
Industrial & Workplace: Cases involving heavy equipment, lumber machinery, welders, wood chippers, safety gloves, hazmat storage tanks, elevators, degaussing equipment, freight doors, tanker to gas pump funneling, and mortar weaponry.
Sports, Recreational & Hunting Equipment: Our experience includes gym equipment, baseball bats, helmet-defect cases stemming from biking, motorcycling, football and wakeboarding accidents, as well as defective firearms, holsters, masks and ballistic shields.
Transportation: We have consulted on a wide range of product cases for automakers, including Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, Daewoo, Volvo, Maserati, and over 100 of cases for BMW. For parts suppliers, we have worked on cases involving tires, seat belts, air bags, floor mats, accelerators, and other parts. Additionally, we have worked on cases involving boats/watercraft, outboard motors, FEMA trailers, helicopters, airplanes, and numerous trucking cases involving defective guardrails, tank explosions, drive shafts and other claims of product failure.