Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP combines its strengths in product liability litigation and in trial settings to defend against a variety of tort litigations ranging from multi-plaintiff suits, to multidistrict litigation and class actions. In the toxic torts space, trial lawyers have litigated claims involving allegations of cancer, neurological damages and long-latency diseases, while in PFAS litigation, Richmond's Alexandra Cunningham and Boston-based Daniel Stefany are active in litigating PFAS cases around the country in both individual claims and class actions often involving environmental liability and product liability. Cunningham is also active in defending industrial clients in asbestos litigation, having been involved in claims dealing with all forms of asbestos filters. Georgia Lucier in Houston and Tom Waskom in Los Angeles and Richmond are both key names.
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Key clients
- Alfa Laval
- Smithfield Foods
- Huntington Ingalls Industries
- Atotech USA
- Axalta Coatings Systems
Work highlights
- Representing Alfa Laval in two related proceedings in New York state court arising out of an alleged petroleum contamination at property owned by the DeLaval Separator Company until 1965.
- Represented Alfa Laval Packinox in an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration brought by Drivetrain for the now-bankrupt U.S. subsidiaries of Abengoa, a now-defunct Spanish infrastructure and energy company.
- Representing government contractor Huntington Ingalls as national strategic and trial counsel for its asbestos cases arising out of the Newport News Shipyard.
Lawyers
Practice head
Alexandra Cunningham; Georgia Lucier; Tom Waskom
Other key lawyers
Daniel Stefany