Jackson, Miss. – The Mississippi Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of Doosan Infracore America Corporation, f/k/a Daewoo Heavy Industries America Corporation in a product liability suit. Butler Snow initially obtained summary judgment for Doosan in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, and the team successfully defended that ruling on appeal. The appellate court agreed with Doosan Infracore’s argument that the methods employed by plaintiff’s expert were “result-oriented tests,” which failed to meet either the relevancy or reliability standards outlined in Daubert. The team was led by Butler Snow’s Mike McWilliams, LeAnn Nealey, Bobby Miller and co-counsel Michael Bai of Littleton Joyce.
New Jersey – Butler Snow recently served as Lead Counsel in the second product liability case against Johnson & Johnson and McNeil Consumer Healthcare in connection with Children’s Motrin and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (Kimberly Zundel, et al., v. Johnson & Johnson, et al.) The trial resulted in a unanimous defense verdict. The suit alleged Stephanie Zundel, approximately 3-years-old at the time of injury, lost her sight and suffered from Stevens-Johnson Syndrome as a result of her use of Children’s Motrin. The Butler Snow team was led by Christy D. Jones, Michael B. Hewes, Kari L. Sutherland, Ben J. Scott and Diane Wigley, all members of the firm's Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Industry Group.
