"WWHGD is head and shoulders above other firms we have used. In the field of product liability, these people understand and fight for what is right."
MATT VEAZEY, PRESIDENT, RPC, INC. | PRODUCT LIABILITY"WWHGD is a great firm with excellent product liability defense lawyers."
CHRISTOPHER B. HARMON, GENERAL COUNSEL, ALTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. | PRODUCT LIABILITY"The team at WWHGD has always been very responsive and certainly very knowledgeable and prepared. It has been an absolute delight to work with them."
VICTORIA WEBSTER, SENIOR COUNSEL, YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, USA | PRODUCT LIABILITY
Overview
Experience with Product Defect Claims and Recalls
Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial's Product Liability Litigation Practice Group serves domestic and international manufacturers, designers, distributors and vendors of all types of products and equipment. Named "Product Liability Department of the Year - Midsize Firm" by ALM's Daily Business Review, nearly half of the firm’s lawyers represent clients in product liability matters.
WWHGD has a long and storied history of successfully defending product liability claims. In fact, our lawyers were involved in many of the cases establishing key defenses to strict liability in Georgia. Our lawyers have been recognized by Best Lawyers® and Super Lawyers for their product liability experience and several are members of the prestigious Product Liability Advisory Council.
Representative Product Liability Defense Cases
For the past 25 years, we have served as counsel in highly publicized cases involving automobile fuel tank design, SUV rollover events, weight-loss drugs, toxic shock syndrome, industrial machine design, tires, electrical equipment and consumer and household products. We have handled a number of product liability cases involving:
Consumer Products: Aerosol Paint, Automotive Component Parts, Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Chemicals, Electrical Service Panels, Food Products, Gas Cans, Generators, Non-Powder Firearms, Plumbing Piping Pool Chemicals, Residential Appliances, Tires
Juvenile Products: Infant/Baby Carrier, Infant/Baby Car Seats
Medical Products / Devices: Balloon Catheters, Catheters, Coronary Artery Stents, Endometrial Ablation Devices, Estradiol Implants, Greenfield Vena Cava Filters, Heart Valves, Hip Implants, Knee Implants, Neurovascular Coils, Pharmaceuticals, Stents, Surgical Devices, Vaccines, Weight-Loss Drugs
Transportation Systems: Airplanes, Ambulances, Aerial Lifts, ATV, Automobiles, Boats, Bucket Trucks, Bulldozers, Buses, Cranes, Cotton Pickers, Excavators, Forklifts, Golf Carts, Industrial Bailers, RVs, Skid Steer Loader, Tractors, Trucks
Heavy Equipment/Machinery: Aircraft Engines, Agricultural Equipment, Industrial Machinery, Industrial Manufacturing Equipment, Stone Crusher, Post Hole Digger, Material Handling Equipment,
For more information about product safety, we encourage you to visit: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Attorneys
- Aimee M. Adams
- Thomas S. Armiger
- Brannon J. Arnold
- Shannon V. Barrow
- Carter D. Bishop
- Joshua R. Bishop
- Donald A. Blackwell
- Brian R. Booker
- William C. Buhay
- Lawrence E. Burkhalter
- Jessica Burns
- Christopher T. Byrd
- William E. Calvert II
- J. Scott Conlon
- Grace N. Cousins
- Henry C. DeBardeleben IV
- David A. Dial
- Jackson A. Dial
- Hugo C. Diaz
- Annelise M. Dominguez
- William W. Drury
- Lindsay G. Ferguson
- Jonathan R. Friedman
- Christopher Garten
- Seth T. Golden
- Ryan T. Gormley
- Earl W. Gunn
- Marjan Hajimirzaee
- John M. Hawkins
- Alexander Heydemann
- Richard H. Hill, II
- Jonathan M. Hooks
- Michael A. Hornreich
- Jeff Hunter
- Anna Idelevich
- Chaz D. Klaes
- Johnathan T. Krawcheck
- Daniela LaBounty
- David J. Larson
- Brittany M. Llewellyn
- Shubhra R. Mashelkar
- David I. Matthews
- Alan M. Maxwell
- Carol P. Michel
- Patrick B. Moore
- Catherine T. Moussa
- Claire C. Murray
- Eric W. Newman
- M. Dean Norris
- P. Shane O'Neill
- Marriah N. Paige
- Nick P. Panayotopoulos
- Christos Papadopoulos
- Melissa D. Peeler
- D. Lee Roberts Jr.
- Frederick N. Sager, Jr.
- Ronald M. Schirtzer
- Ann T. Schramm
- Forrest F. Schrum IV
- William J. Sheppard
- Kate D. Spinelli
- Joshua E. Swiger
- Rebecca S. Taylor
- Sarah M. Tidwell
- Amber E. Tuggle
- Sarah J. Unatin
- Jason T. Vuchinich
- Y. Kevin Williams
- Joshua S. Wood
News & Publications
- Amicus Curiae Brief
- Amicus Curiae Brief
- Daily Report
- Bloomberg Law
- Daily Report
- LexisNexis
- WWHGD Legal Alert
- Law360
- WWHGD Legal Alert