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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Kolon Industries, Inc., Case No. 3 :09cv58 (E.D. Va.). Represented plaintiff in a trade secrets case against Kolon Industries, a South Korean manufacturing company. After a seven-week trial, the jury found that Kolon illegally obtained information regarding DuPont's Kevlar® aramid fiber from former DuPont employees and awarded DuPont $920 million in damages.
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Defended multinational automaker before the Circuit Court for the City of Baltimore in a trial alleging plaintiff developed mesothelioma from secondary exposure to break shoes worn by relatives who were dealership mechanics.
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In a test case the plaintiff alleged that our client’s farming operations caused property damages and severe personal injuries to him and his family. After a three-week trial, the jury deliberated for just over an hour and issued a defense verdict in favor of our client.
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Representation of a North American packaged foods company in a four-day trial in Delaware state court. The case sought insurance coverage for the indemnity payments and defense costs client incurred as a result of a recall.
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Representation and defense of an energy company in a $750 million alleged breach of contract case involving the termination of a coal supply agreement and related claimed lost profits, land reclamation and surface water treatment damages.
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Representation and defense of police officer in high exposure, highly publicized federal civil rights action arising out of the fatal shooting of an intoxicated, unarmed foreign national.
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Obtained a unanimous and complete defense verdict in a sexual harassment jury trial on behalf of a major Hollywood studio and thereby avoided a judgment, attorney's fees, and embarrassing publicity for the client.
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Effectively represented North American packaged foods company at trial in matter related to an explosion at one of the company’s plants that resulted in the death of four people and injury to many others. McGuireWoods was defending the allegations of employer negligence brought against it by two defendants. This five-week trial in Johnston County (NC) Superior Court, which involved the personal injury claims of seven plaintiffs, was the first trial of the eight lawsuits brought as a result of the accident.
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Secured a defense verdict in state court in Guilford County, NC on behalf of a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center-affiliated emergency room doctor and nurse. The plaintiff's decedent died of complications arising from a small bowel obstruction several hours after she first presented at the emergency room.
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Defended a multinational automaker in Miller County, Ga., in a trial where plaintiff alleged he contracted mesothelioma from decades of exposure to asbestos-containing auto parts manufactured by our client.
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Defense of one of the largest producers and transporters of energy in the United States in a multi-billion dollar nuisance suit alleging air and water contamination due to fly ash residue on behalf of over 450 plaintiffs. Achieved dismissal of 10 of the 12 causes of actions, as well as all of the water contamination allegations, and the medical monitoring, stigma, fear of future injury, and emotional injury damages.
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Defended a multinational automaker at trial in a case alleging a defective "splash shield" over the exhaust manifold, resulting in a post-collision fire.
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Defended a multinational automaker at trial in wrongful death resulting from a post-collision fire in which plaintiff alleged a defective fuel system design. A defense verdict was returned.
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Defense at trial of a multinational automaker in wrongful death case tried in Bamberg County, South Carolina.
Case Study
McGuireWoods represented client Dominion Advertising in a lawsuit to enforce a promissory note and defend against counterclaims for fraud in the inducement and breach of fiduciary duty. The opposing party was the Chandler Law Group and its two partners, who are prominent personal injury lawyers in central Virginia. After three days of trial, the jury returned a verdict for Dominion Advertising on all counts.
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After a two-week trial in North Carolina’s Alamance County Superior Court, a Raleigh-based litigation team secured a defense verdict in favor of an EmCare-employed emergency physician accused of failing to diagnose an arterial occlusion, resulting in the loss of plaintiff’s leg four days after she was seen in the emergency room.
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Served as lead trial counsel to our client in a multimillion-dollar breach of contract action, in which our client obtained an almost $9 million jury verdict against a St. Louis based company for breach of a three-year silicon power supply agreement.
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Defended a multinational automaker at trial in wrongful death resulting from a post-collision fire in which plaintiff alleged a defective fuel system design. A defense verdict was returned.
Case Study
A 12-person jury in Cartaret County, N.C., returned a unanimous defense verdict after only 38 minutes of deliberation following an eight-day trial. This finally concluded litigation in a medical malpractice action that spanned seven years. The plaintiff, a physician herself, initially sued two OB-GYNs and their practice over surgical complications that led to additional surgeries and a 50-day extended hospital stay. After voluntarily dismissing during the first trial, the plaintiff changed counties, re-filed and proceeded to trial against the practice and the attending surgeon, both clients of the firm. The jury verdict, finding no negligence on the part of our clients, upheld the position throughout that these complications, though serious and rare, are a risk of the procedure.
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Effective representation of plaintiffs in nuisance action resulting in $1.6 million jury verdict after six-day jury trial.