Products Liability
Skyrocketing costs of insurance, coupled with a climate of unrestricted jury verdicts, requires that all clients whose businesses fall within a product´s chain of distribution be alert to the exposures created by those products, and to be prepared to avoid or minimize potential exposures wherever possible.
Our representation encompasses all phases of client protection where liabilities arise as a result of the manufacturing or distribution of a product. Often we begin with an identification and assessment of the manufacturing risks at the product development or manufacturing stage. Here, risk identification, coupled with consideration of available reasonable alternatives, can minimize future problems. From there, our services encompass all of the following:
- Preparation of product manufacturing and distribution agreements designed to avoid or shift exposure for liability which arises from a defective product or component;
- Early evaluation of product safety through a core of highly qualified experts;
- Coordination of our clients´ efforts to locate all available evidence to establish non-liability, to identify a chain of responsible parties where such parties exist, and to address issues of causation.
- Litigation of product liability claims in state and federal courts and before state and federal administrative agencies.
Poole & Shaffery has Offices in Los Angeles and Valencia Serving the Following Cities:
Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Marina Del Rey, Santa Monica, Glendale, South Pasadena, Montrose, La Canada, Pasadena, Bell, Bell Gardens, San Gabriel, Alhambra, Arcadia, Monterey Park , Santa Clarita, Castaic, Val Verde, Piru, Palmdale, Lancaster, Thousand Oaks, San Fernando, Sylmar, Simi Valley, Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village and many more.