Superior Results For Cost-Conscious Clients
Led by Paul Lantieri, the firm's toxic tort specialist, and assisted by a number
of other partners, this group handles a wide variety of products liability
litigation in the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Bennett, Bricklin & Saltzburg LLP has defended manufacturers and sellers
of virtually every type of product, including food products (an area of particular
expertise in the firm), household and industrial machinery, trucks, garage
doors, prescription and nonprescription drugs, cosmetics and beauty aids, medical
and surgical devices, pre-engineered buildings, building materials, pumps and
valves, all-terrain vehicles, sports equipment, chain saws, electrical devices,
spreaders, cranes, baby clothing, toys, furniture, and flammable fabrics.
In addition, the firm has been involved in virtually every significant segment
of toxic tort litigation in the region in the past thirty years, including
asbestos, DES, lead paint, benzene, pesticides, breast implants, nursing bottle
syndrome, and latex gloves. The firm is well-known for its ability to handle
complex lawsuits in a cost-effective manner, with positive and practical results.
This practice group understands the practical considerations that affect
product design and manufacture and the untenable position in which manufacturers
often find themselves as they try to comply with legal requirements while also
meeting customers’ needs and specifications. These issues were addressed
in Paul Lantieri’s articles published in DRI’s For the Defense,“Customer
Specifications in Design Defect Claims,” and in P.D.I.’s Counterpoint, “Contract
Terms Determine Duty to Address Safety Concerns,” both of which can be
found in the publication section of this website.
We believe that it is crucial that we develop and maintain an understanding
of our clients’ needs and concerns throughout the litigation process.
The group recognizes that what we do, from the time of the initial response
to a lawsuit through the discovery process and trial or settlement, reflects
on the client and may impact the client’s interests in other litigation.
One of the trial techniques used by the group is to personalize the product
manufacturer to the jury. This technique, among others, has been very successful.
Moreover, although the group - with the client's permission - will employ any
resources necessary to win a case and will present a defense as thorough as
those provided by larger firms, it does so at a considerably lower cost than
larger firms handling similar matters. The group repeatedly demonstrates that
the cost of defense, unlike the merits of the claim, need not be a predominant
factor in deciding whether to settle.
For more information, please contact Paul F. Lantieri, Esquire at lantieri@bbs-law.com or Bourne Ruthrauff, Esquire at ruthrauff@bbs-law.com.
