Benesch safeguards well-known global and American brands facing bet-the-company litigation and investigations. Our team has successfully resolved hundreds of high-stakes cases across the nation at trial, on appeal and through strategic settlements. Learning our clients’ industries and products inside and out, we tailor our litigation strategies to defend what matters most—the products, brand and reputation of our clients.
Success in the Most Hostile Environments
Our team has tried numerous cases to verdict, prevailing in America’s most challenging jurisdictions and has defended clients facing thousands of claims in mass tort proceedings. We have coordinated national defense strategies for multinational clients and successfully resolved claims through strategic settlements, expert challenges and favorable regulatory outcomes. Our experience includes defeating class certification, challenging experts under Daubert and Frye standards, negotiating major penalty reductions and managing a significant number of global recalls.
Specialized Experience in Numerous Industries
Product liability and mass tort defenses are not one-size-fits-all. Success requires extensive knowledge of clients’ products and industries. We work with top scientists, engineers and technical consultants to gain a mastery of each client’s products, applying that insight to pragmatic, proactive and brand-protective strategies and litigation defense tailored to our clients’ products, industry and business objectives.
Our team has defeated the most common product liability claims, including design defect, manufacturing defect, unreasonably dangerous product, inadequate warnings and product recall-related claims across numerous industries and products, including:
Proactive Guidance
Our team is committed to preventing lawsuits against our clients. We regularly partner with our clients to:
When our clients’ products, brand or reputation are under attack, we work to resolve product liability claims while engineering defenses to prevent future litigation.
Our Work in Action – Representative Examples
Counsel for major off-road vehicles manufacturer in multiple products liability and personal injury actions in state and federal court across the United States.