COOCH AND TAYLOR

Attorneys at Cooch and Taylor have defended corporations against claims for products liability. Products involved have ranged from various types of large industrial equipment to clean rooms. Representations have included the defense and successful settlement of multiple claims for birth defects allegedly arising from exposure to one of its products; an international company as Delaware counsel in the defense of claims that trace benzene amounts can cause acute myelogenous leukemia. Attorneys at Cooch and Taylor have successfully argued the cases which determined that there is no strict tort liability in Delaware, established the sophisticated purchaser defense, established the causal nexus required in toxic tort cases, and rejected claims for cancer phobia unaccompanied by injury or disease. They have successfully argued the first case in the Delaware Supreme Court to address the application of Daubert principles to alleged experts in a toxic tort case and have successfully defended businesses in cases involving industrial and agricultural chemical exposures, silicone breast implants, industrial machinery, motor vehicles, consumer, and food products. The attorneys in Cooch and Taylor's litigation department also have extensive experience in asbestos litigation. Among Cooch and Taylor attorneys is one of the initial court appointed coordinators of the insurer defense group in Delaware. They have defended numerous corporations manufacturing construction material, friction products, and many types of industrial equipment.