Bryan D. Cross

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Education

Indiana University - Maurer School of Law, J.D., 1995
Indiana Law Journal, Associate
Indiana University, B.S., 1989, Finance

Practice Areas

Industries

A trial lawyer for the past 20 years, Bryan Cross primarily defends Fortune 500 companies in state and federal courts throughout the United States and its territories. His practice focuses on product liability, construction defect, and complex commercial matters. He has also successfully handled premises, professional negligence, and asbestos-related litigation.

Bryan excels at defending matters involving catastrophic personal injuries, including quadriplegia and traumatic brain injury, as well as at handling "SWAT litigation" assignments where he is brought in shortly before trial to quickly organize and develop previously neglected files, identify and address strategic vulnerabilities, and minimize or eliminate downside risk in high-exposure cases.

Bryan serves as national trial counsel to Ford Motor Company. He is admitted to practice in Colorado, Michigan, and Texas.

Other Experience

Brown McCarroll, LLP
Feeney Kellett Wienner & Bush, P.C.
NCR Corporation

Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors

The Best Lawyers in America
Personal Injury Litigation, 2019
Martindale-Hubbell AV^® Peer Review Rated
American Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Defense Research Institute

Personal Interests

Snowboarding, hiking, motorcycling, and spending time with family

Bryan Cross defends clients in catastrophic lawsuits involving personal injury and wrongful death claims. He frequently serves as SWAT counsel, including in product liability, trucking, traumatic brain injury, and premises liability cases.

Representative Cases

Represent a major industrial equipment manufacturer in nationwide high-exposure cases involving multiple injury and wrongful death claims.
Secured a subrogation settlement in excess of $800,000 arising from the 2011 Kappa Alpha Theta house fire at CU Boulder in a case involving allegations of defective installation of cellulose insulation.
Sparta Insurance v. Garfias (E.D. Wash. 2014) - Won a defense verdict in federal court in Spokane, Washington, for Easterday Farms in a $12 million personal injury case involving an explosive collision between two tractor-trailers.
Hadjih v. Evenflo (D. Colo. 2012) - Won a unanimous jury defense verdict in federal court in Colorado on behalf of Evenflo Company in a two-week trial involving liability for permanent injuries to a child strapped into an Evenflo car seat during an auto accident. Ultimately, the jury agreed with our argument that the seat saved the child's life rather than caused the child's injuries.
Hoffman v. Ford (10th Cir. 2012) - Won Tenth Circuit reversal of a federal district court jury verdict favoring the plaintiff and secured a judgment in favor of Ford Motor Co. in a product liability case involving a rollover crash in which the plaintiff was rendered a quadriplegic.
Defended a trucking company against negligence claims arising from a nine-vehicle accident on a snowy Nebraska interstate highway.
Defended the appeal to the New Mexico Court of Appeals of a 2009 jury verdict that WTO won on behalf of a large food store in a personal injury case.
Won a unanimous jury verdict in a Santa Fe, New Mexico district court in the defense of a personal injury claim brought against a food store.
Morgan v. Ford (W.Va. 2009) - Won summary judgment from the West Virginia Supreme Court in a federal preemption case involving claims that Ford Motor Co. should have used different glass in its vehicle windows.
Grimes v. Mazda - Won a defense verdict in Kentucky for Ford Motor Co. in a rollover case involving a Mazda pickup truck.
Defended construction management company Heery International in litigation arising from KB Homes's construction of 277 single family homes for the San Antonio Housing Authority.

Representative Clients

Ford Motor Company

Bar and Court Admissions

Colorado
Michigan
Texas
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit