Our products liability practice includes products claims on behalf of plaintiffs and in defense of manufacturers. Many of the numerous insurance subrogation cases the Firm handles are in fact products liability claims. As a result of our extensive practice in this area, Podvey Meanor has ready access to some of the finest engineering and scientific faculties and accident investigators in the Northeast, who provide us with the technical and scientific support necessary to win these frequently hard fought and difficult cases. Our attorneys remain on the cutting edge of products liability law, and Thomas Hildner has lectured on this subject at both Rutgers and Seton Hall Universities. In addition, several of our attorneys have scientific and engineering degrees or expertise involving specific products that give the Firm a distinct advantage in the litigation of such cases. Our attorneys have handled cases involving the following products:
- Automobiles and Trucking
- Telephone Switching Equipment
- Cellular Telephone Facilities and Transmission Equipment
- Oil and Gas Fired Pressure Boilers
- All Terrain Vehicles
- High Voltage Radio Transmission Equipment and Facilities
- Turbine Generation Equipment and Facilities
- Commercial Plumbing Systems
- Commercial Heating Ovens
- Commercial Food Preparation Devices
- Industrial and Commercial HVAC Systems
- Industrial Pollution Control Devices
- High Energy Transformers and Switching Equipment
- High Voltage Transmission Facilities and Equipment
- Liquid Napathalene
- Industrial Machinery
- Recreational Vehicles
- Fork Lifts
- Swimming Pools
- Sail Boats
- Tetracycline
- Commercial Drug Production Equipment and Facilities
- Industrial Chemical Production Equipment and Facilities
Attorneys practicing in this area
Thomas V. Hildner
Robert J. McGuire
Thomas G. Aljian