Massive Insurance Recovery for Tort Defendant

As the settlement team in insurance coverage litigation for a medical device manufacturer, our lawyers recovered more than $1.5 billion in insurance proceeds to pay claims against our client.

Corporate Restructuring

Our attorneys were insurance and risk management counsel to a public company with significant mass tort liability.  Working with co-counsel, we were instrumental in proposing and implementing a successful corporate restructuring plan that allowed our client to pursue business opportunities more effectively while simultaneously managing its mass tort exposure.

Over $1 Billion in Insurance Payments for Product Liability Claims

We resolved all coverage issues and secured more than $1 billion in insurance for a multinational building materials company with significant mass tort liability.

Litigation Resulting in Full Recovery from 19 Insurance Groups without Trial

Our attorneys were insurance counsel to a large manufacturer of air-purifying respirators, heat-protective clothing, and other safety equipment in an action against its insurers for coverage of tort claims alleging personal injury from exposure to asbestos, silica, and coal-mine dust.  Our aggressive litigation and creative settlement approaches allowed us to resolve coverage issued by all […]

$425 Million in Product Liability Coverage

As insurance counsel to a Fortune 50 company facing multiple streams of product liability claims, we negotiated a $425 million insurance settlement with a group of twelve insurers to be utilized over ten years to pay defense and liability costs incurred on such claims.

Pioneering Pursuit of Billions of Dollars in Mass Tort “Non-Products” Claims

Through litigation in state and federal courts and arbitration fora, we pioneered the pursuit of so-called “non-products” coverage for mass tort bodily injury claims.  The insurance industry had attempted to restrict its obligations for mass tort bodily injury claims to so-called “products” coverage, which generally is subject to aggregate limits of liability.  In contrast, “non-products” […]

Coverage For Pharmaceutical Company’s Product Liability And Mass Tort Litigation

We served as insurance counsel to a Fortune 500 medical products company with significant product liability and mass tort exposure related to artificial heart valves, hip and knee replacements, and pharmaceutical products.  We resolved all outstanding insurance coverage issues related to these claims under a multi-billion-dollar insurance portfolio.

Craig J. Litherland

Craig Litherland’s practice focuses on complex claims resolution and bankruptcy reorganizations that involve mass tort problems and bankruptcy related insurance disputes.

Kami E. Quinn

Kami is a national leader in analyzing and resolving insurance coverage disputes, particularly in mass tort and bankruptcy contexts.