Product Liability and Personal Injury

The litigation attorneys of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. have extensive trial and appellate experience in numerous substantive fields of product liability and personal injury tort litigation throughout Mississippi as well as in other states. Our trial lawyers have the skill and experience to help our clients achieve the most favorable outcome whether by pre-trial motion, alternative dispute resolution or by trial.

Examples of the matters handled by Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. attorneys in this area include:

• Trial counsel for a large manufacturer of pneumatic tools in over 2,000 cases involving occupational hearing loss.

• Trial counsel in product liability and warranty actions for a manufacturer of automobiles and trucks.

• Trial counsel for multiple manufacturers of sporting goods, exercise equipment and household appliances in cases involving design and manufacturing defects.

• Trial counsel for several manufacturers of medical devices in products liability litigation, including makers of catheters, guide wires, patient restraint devices, neurostimulators, hypothermia units and power wheelchairs.

• Obtained summary judgments and a directed verdict in several states as regional trial counsel for a leading manufacturer of implanted surgical materials.

• Successfully obtained defense verdict for major manufacturer of durable medical equipment in case alleging a defective walker device.

• Mississippi trial counsel in numerous multi-plaintiff cases for supplier of vaccine component alleged to cause mercury poisoning.

• Mississippi trial counsel for large pharmaceutical manufacturer in claims alleging injury from Phenylpropanolamine (PPA).

• Obtained summary judgment as Mississippi trial counsel for manufacturer of pacemakers in wrongful death action.

• Obtained summary judgment for leading manufacturer of spinal instrumentation devices in numerous actions alleging injuries from the use of pedicle screws.

• Mississippi counsel for manufacturer of latex gloves. • Mississippi counsel for defending gaming entities for alleged personal injuries and premises liability claims.

• Mississippi trial counsel for different manufacturers of products containing asbestos in numerous multi-plaintiff cases.

• Obtained defense verdict for one of the nation¹s largest manufacturers of over-the-road heavy trucks in wrongful death product liability action.

• Mississippi counsel for a major manufacturer of outdoor power equipment.

• Obtained summary judgment for manufacturer in claims alleging intentional failure to improve air quality in manufacturing plant.

• Obtained jury verdict in favor of manufacturer of electric blankets in property fire damage case.

• Mississippi trial counsel in product liability actions for automobile and tire manufacturers.

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