Practices
Catastrophic Injury Defense
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell represents defendants in catastrophic personal injury matters. We have particular experience with high-exposure cases in which the plaintiffs are seeking damage awards, including punitive or exemplary damages, in the range of multimillions to billions of dollars.
Our lawyers are often retained on the eve of trial to try difficult cases, especially those with serious injuries in plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions, when settlement negotiations being handled by other law firms have been unsuccessful.
WTO lawyers have represented numerous large corporations, healthcare providers, professional services firms, property owners and managers, insurance companies, small businesses, and individual professionals in disputes involving injury to the plaintiff.
Cases
- Won dismissal for Skyjack in federal court in a product liability matter involving alleged injury on a scissor lift. The case was dismissed on the basis of lack of personal jurisdiction.
- Won a Colorado Court of Appeals decision for electric scooter company Lime in a "duty of care" case. The court upheld a lower court's dismissal of negligence claims.
- Won a defense jury verdict for Toyota in a $33M product liability case.
- Won case-ending summary judgment for one of the world's largest companies in a catastrophic injury case in which the plaintiff sought over $130 million in damages.
- Won a jury defense verdict for a ski resort in a closely watched, $97 million catastrophic injury case in Vermont.
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