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LITIGATION

Liability Defense

The Liability Defense team at Roetzel delivers experienced and assertive legal representation for lawsuits involving corporations of all sizes, insurance carriers, financial service providers, construction companies, retail entities, and transportation providers in the trucking, bus, rail, and automotive sectors. Our attorneys determine the best course of action for clients, whether it involves compliance, trial preparation, or alternative dispute resolution. 

We offer proactive representation by developing and implementing immediate response protocols nationwide to address potential legal issues before they arise. Our trial attorneys possess extensive expertise across various disciplines essential to effective risk management. When needed, we leverage the resources and integrated capabilities of attorneys from other practice areas within our firm to provide a comprehensive approach to each case or legal issue.

  • Implement emergency response protocol and services
  • Provide risk management services
  • Defend against personal injury claims
  • Defend against premises liability claims
  • Address product liability and toxic tort cases
  • Manage construction litigation
  • Represent clients in retail litigation
  • Handle transportation and logistics claims
  • Provide insurance coverage counsel
  • Serve as supervising counsel on a local, regional and national basis
  • Serve as Ohio counsel for several Fortune 500 companies and national retail entities, establishing seminal case law in the premises liability arena
  • Represented major transportation carriers in local, regional, and national cargo claims litigation
  • Handled multimillion-dollar environmental coverage litigation for a corporate industrial client
  • Represented retail and business entities in supplier liability actions brought throughout Ohio
  • Assisted a large industrial client with an emergency response effort resulting from a chemical release from a tank at the client's facility and defended various lawsuits that were filed as a result of the incident
  • Represented major transportation carriers and insurers in local, regional, and national liability litigation
  • Handled fire litigation for both a television manufacturer and an appliance manufacturer
  • Serve as coordinating counsel for emergency response protocol for transportation, retail, and business clients involving catastrophic accidents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Serve as national coordinating counsel for a major tool manufacturer in product liability lawsuits
  • Act as counsel for seven large bus companies throughout Ohio
Key Contact
Chris Cotter