Butler Snow LLP‘s products, catastrophic, and industrial litigation practice group provides robust defense for product liability claims, from single-plaintiff cases to multidistrict class actions and mass torts. The team represents manufacturers, distributors, and service providers across industries such as automotive, aviation, and chemicals, handling cases involving recreational products and industrial machinery. The group also counsel clients such as Kia Corporation, U-Haul International, and FedEx Supply Chain Logistics on litigation and trials concerning product safety, regulatory compliance, and recalls. The firm is headed up from its Atlanta office by practice group leader Righton Lewis, who has defended automotive and medical device manufacturers, utility companies, and industrial product makers in high-stakes cases.
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Key clients

  • AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
  • Kia Corporation and Kia America
  • Federal Express Corporation
  • Camping World RV Sales, LLC
  • U-Haul International
  • FedEx Supply Chain Logistics
  • Trane Technologies

Work highlights

The firm are representing Federal Express Corporation in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas in matters involving motor vehicle accidents with its drivers.
The firm are representing Trane Technologies in multiple fleet accidents.
The firm are representing Kia Corporation and Kia America in a lawsuit arising from an accident that occurred in March 2021 in Liberty County, Georgia.

Practice head

E. Righton Lewis