Overview
Overview
O’Hagan Meyer defends businesses in complex mass tort, toxic tort, and multidistrict litigation matters nationwide, with a coordinated national defense strategy, trial-ready advocacy, and practical, business-focused counsel across high-exposure claims.
We represent manufacturers, insurers, transportation companies, distributors, and other businesses facing large-scale litigation involving complex scientific, medical, technical, regulatory, and insurance-related issues. Serving as national, regional, and local counsel, our lawyers coordinate litigation across jurisdictions, manage substantial claim inventories and discovery obligations, and maintain consistent defense strategies in multidistrict litigation (MDL), coordinated state court proceedings, mass tort class actions, and other complex multi-plaintiff disputes. Our firm’s national platform enables us to efficiently scale resources to meet the demands of complex litigation whenever and wherever it arises.
Our experience representing both insurers and insureds provides additional perspective on litigation management, coverage considerations, reporting obligations, and cost-containment strategies that often influence mass tort litigation and resolution efforts. Our integrated capabilities across product liability, environmental, transportation, and insurance litigation enable us to address the wide-ranging legal and business issues that often arise in mass tort claims.
We have successfully handled cases involving:
- Asbestos, talc, benzene, petrochemicals, organic compounds, and other chemical and toxic exposure claims
- Catastrophic injury and wrongful death
- Environmental contamination and infrastructure-related disputes
- Lung disease, cancer, and other occupational illness claims
- Medical monitoring claims Neurological dysfunction claims
- Pharmaceutical and medical device-related claims
- Product liability and consumer product litigation
- Transportation and commercial vehicle litigation
Our team also represents clients in related disputes involving allegedly defective systems, chemical plants and refineries, pipeline incidents, derailments, and large-scale construction and environmental claims. We regularly assist clients in parallel litigation, regulatory inquiries, and government investigations arising from the same event or alleged exposure.
From the earliest stages of a matter, we conduct a comprehensive case assessment to identify core liability issues, evaluate scientific and medical causation defenses, assess litigation and business risks, and develop coordinated defense strategies across jurisdictions. We work closely with leading scientific, medical, epidemiological, engineering, and industry experts to analyze complex causation issues, challenge unsupported claims, and develop persuasive defenses. Our lawyers have extensive experience challenging expert testimony through Daubert, Frye, and other evidentiary proceedings, often addressing issues that can significantly alter the course of litigation. We manage complex discovery, prepare bellwether and trial cases, and coordinate with clients, insurers, experts, and co-defense counsel to maintain a consistent litigation strategy while controlling costs and minimizing business disruption.
Clients value our strategic perspective, sophisticated litigation capabilities, responsiveness, and ability to deliver the resources required for complex nationwide litigation. We prepare every case as though it will proceed to trial while remaining focused on opportunities for efficient resolution through dispositive motions, negotiated settlements, mediation, and other practical solutions designed to reduce risk, limit liability, and advance our clients’ long-term business goals.
