Litigation Areas of Experience

Armstrong Teasdale’s Products Liability Practice Group represents manufacturers, manufacturers of component parts, wholesalers, retailers, distributors, successor corporations, employers, lessors, bailors, licensors, trade associations, and international defendants. In the recent past, we have represented manufacturers of various products such as medical devises, underground mining machinery, automobiles, lawn maintenance equipment, construction equipment, and recreational equipment ranging from watercraft to bicycles. The assignment of claims to the Products Liability Practice Group derives from in-house counsel for manufacturers, sellers, or distributors and also from liability carriers and adjusting companies. 

With offices in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Jefferson City, the attorney’s within the Products Liability Practice Group represent various clients throughout the Midwest, particularly Missouri, Kansas, and Southern Illinois. We understand the nuances and characteristics of the venues and have tried cases before many of the judges in each venue. Currently, the Products Liability Practice Group has a significant number of attorneys handling cases in state and federal courts throughout the country.  

The attorneys within the Products Liability Practice Group possess extensive experience throughout the various phases of products liability litigation. In representing clients, we employ innovative techniques during the discovery process to achieve favorable results for all clients, including tailoring discovery based on the theory of the case, the type of defendant(s), and the evidence of product defect. The Products Liability Practice Group has a wealth of experience, proficiency in technology, and provides education to all attorneys in an effort to maintain a unique perspective in the field of products liability.

The Products Liability Practice Group has accomplished significant results at various stages of the litigation. The following are some examples:

• Paul Kovacs, Dave Ott, Bill Corrigan, Tim Gearin, Anna Selby, Todd Nissenholtz, Craig Moore, and Sue Henard recently litigated a triple death case arising out of a roll-over of a vehicle. The team obtained a favorable result for our client.   

• Jim Stockberger, Jeff McPherson and Tom Rolwing achieved a victory in the Supreme Court of Missouri. The court concluded that the trial court should have allowed a defendant to submit a signed affidavit in support of a motion to transfer venue when the defendant (represented at that time by a firm other than Armstrong Teasdale) inadvertently filed an unsigned affidavit. 

• Jim Stockberger obtained a dismissal for a manufacturer of industrial gloves in an electrocution and products liability lawsuit. He also prosecuted a product liability lawsuit involving a manufacturer and supplier of commercial grade pyrotechnics and successfully obtained a settlement of a multi-plaintiff lawsuit involving laminate adhesive in which the manufacturer client paid a small fraction of a multi-million dollar claim.

• Karen Baudendistel also received a defendant’s verdict in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Illinois.  The plaintiff alleged that she was injured on a speed boat and claimed defective design and manufacture.  Karen brought the speed boat to the court to demonstrate various issues to the jury.