Experience

• Owens-Illinois Product Liability Defense
  Schiff Hardin successfully defended our client, Owens-Illinois, Inc., in a case seeking $25 million in lost profits and brand damage.
  


• Owens-Illinois Litigation
  This 11-week long product liability trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court involved a claim that the plaintiff contracted an asbestos-related cancer from alleged use of our client's product decades earlier.
  


• Owens-Illinois - Amicus Brief in Asbestos Litigation
  In the first decision by an Ohio appellate court on the issue, the Ohio Court of Appeals, Twelfth District, held an Ohio tort reform statute constitutional, reversing the trial court's decision.
  


• Schiff Hardin Prevails in Landmark Ohio Asbestos Case
  Arguing on behalf of our client, Schiff Hardin attorneys prevailed before the Ohio Supreme Court in a landmark case dealing with Ohio's 2004 asbestos tort reform statute.
  


• Appeal of Product Liability Class Action Successfully Defended
  Schiff Hardin attorneys defended a children's product manufacturer on appeal of a class action lawsuit; the appeals court upheld the lower court's dismissal of the suit.
  


• Successful Product Liability Defense
  Attorneys from Schiff Hardin's New York and Chicago offices joined forces to win a jury verdict in a product liability case in Mount Holly, New Jersey.
  


• AMA Preserves Peer Review Confidentiality
  Schiff Hardin won a landmark victory for the American Medical Association in its dispute with a major pharmaceutical company over the confidentiality of the peer review process used by the AMA's journals.