Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has played a pivotal role in high-profile litigations, representing major manufacturers in cases involving products ranging from weedkiller to talcum powder to refrigerators. Key representations include acting as national coordinating and trial counsel for Colgate-Palmolive in nearly 300 talc cases, defending Bayer Corporation in the well-known Roundup litigation, and achieving successes for Electrolux in a billion-dollar exposure refrigerator fire case. Baltimore based Mike Brown is a key figure in the firm’s toxic tort and product liability litigation team, while Sandra Ezell works out of Richmond, and handles major cases specializing in automotive and consumer electronics product liability.
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Clients clés
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Electrolux Home Products Inc.
- The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Pentair
Points forts
- Acting as national trial counsel for Electrolux Home Products, Inc. in the Superior Court of California, County of Yuba, in a case concerning a fatal apartment fire allegedly caused by a Frigidaire refrigerator.
- Serving as national coordinating counsel and national trial counsel concerning Colgate-Palmolive Company’s nearly 300 talcum powder litigations.
- Achieving a number of successes recently defending Bayer Corporation (as successor to Monsanto Company) against allegations that its Roundup weedkiller was defective and carcinogenic.
Avocats
Responsable de la pratique
Mark Jones: Sandra Ezell
Autres avocats clés
Alana Bassin