Product Liability

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When corporations choose their profits over the safety of their customers and the public, DiCello Levitt will act. Our product liability attorneys rely on a scientific approach and decades of trial experience to achieve justice for our clients.

DiCello Levitt is a highly esteemed product liability group with strength in plaintiff representation.

Chambers USA

We represent individuals, businesses, State Attorneys General, municipalities, and other public clients in individual lawsuits, mass torts, and class actions. Taking on industry goliaths like Abbott, Syngenta, Volkswagen, General Motors, Apple, and Intel, we have secured nearly $30 billion in verdicts and settlements for clients in some of the most significant and well-known product liability cases in the country. Our attorneys have successfully wielded their skills on behalf of injured parties in cases involving faulty medical devices, automotive and airplane defects, and other dangerous and defective products. By aggressively pursuing and rooting out corporate malfeasance, we create positive and lasting social change—in addition to winning compensation for those already injured.

To deliver our successful track record, we leverage the resources of the DiCello Levitt Trial Center, where we conduct in-house focus groups and mock jury practice to streamline cases, refine the art of messaging, and utilize scientific methods of communicating critical concepts to judges and juries. Our nationally recognized trial attorneys and their game-changing results prove that we understand how to connect with and persuade 21st-century jurors.

Representative Matters

In re General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation

DiCello Levitt attorneys achieved a $121.1 million settlement as a member of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee and as Settlement Allocation Counsel for the nationwide class of vehicle owners against General Motors for damages from the defective ignition switches installed in its vehicles.

Simerlein, et al. v. Toyota Motor Corporation, et al.

DiCello Levitt obtained a $40 million nationwide settlement for owners and lessees of 2011-2018 Toyota Sienna minivans with malfunctioning power sliding doors. The firm’s attorneys worked with Toyota to create a program to provide needed service and reimburse out-of-pocket repairs for the power sliding doors.

In re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation

DiCello Levitt attorneys served as counsel on a case that ended in a $17 billion recovery against Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche for defrauding consumers who believed they were buying vehicles with “clean diesel” engines. Leadership in the case was referred to as the “class action dream team.”

Palmieri v. Intervet Inc. d/b/a Merck Animal Health

DiCello Levitt represents a class of plaintiffs against Merck Animal Health for failing to adequately warn pet owners that its flea and tick medication can cause neurological side effects such as seizures.

Commissioners of Public Works of the City of Greenville, South Carolina v. United States Pipe and Foundry Company LLC, et al.

DiCello Levitt serves as Lead Counsel representing Greenville Water in a lawsuit against U.S. Pipe and its distributors over defective ductile iron pipes installed in the utility’s public water system. The complaint alleges that the pipes failed to meet industry standards due to a manufacturing defect, causing corrosion, deterioration of water quality, and damage to public infrastructure.