Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP represents consumer product manufacturers in complex product liability, mass tort, and class action litigation nationwide. Mark Jones heads the team from South Carolina. Sandra Ezell, based in Virginia, serves as national trial counsel for electrical home appliance companies in catastrophic fire cases involving alleged design defects, including claims arising from apartment fires and wrongful death. In Maryland, Mike Brown acts as lead trial counsel in cosmetic talc litigation alleging mesothelioma and death from asbestos-contaminated talcum powder. In South Carolina, Amanda Kitts serves as co-counsel in an MDL involving aqueous film-forming foam, defending against personal injury claims and property-damage class actions arising from alleged PFAS contamination.
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Key clients
- Becton Dickinson & Company
- Smith & Nephew, Inc,
- C. R. Bard, Inc., Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
- Becton Dickinson and Company; Beckton Dickinson Peripheral Intervention, Inc.
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Merck
- Tyco Fire Products LP and Chemguard Inc.
Work highlights
Represented Smith & Nephew in litigation over Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) implants in Maryland, with claims of misrepresentation of the metal-on-metal device causing injuries like metallosis and requiring revision surgeries.
Practice head
Mark Jones
Other key lawyers
Mike Brown; Sandra Ezell; Amanda Kitts