Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP is pleased to announce that litigation partner Eric L. Zalud was named medical device Defense Attorney of the Year 2002 by Medmarc Mutual Insurance Company at the Fifteenth Annual Medical Device Seminar in Whistler, British Columbia. He was chosen from a medical device and pharmaceutical defense panel of over 375 attorneys, from across the U.S., Canada, U.K., Israel, and Australia. Medmarc Mutual Insurance Company was founded in 1979 and is one of the largest insurers of medical device companies in the world.
Zalud was recognized for significant achievements in medical device litigation over the past year, including a significant victory in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and other extremely favorable settlements on behalf of numerous medical device manufacturers.