Torys has extensive experience litigating and counseling clients in product liability disputes, including complex, multijurisdictional product liability cases. Our lawyers have acted for manufacturers and distributors in claims involving products from a broad range of industries, including the computer industry (hardware and software), the automotive and transportation industry (aircraft, recreational vehicles, safety equipment), the construction industry (lead paint, building materials, insulation), the medical and health care industries (blood products) and the financial services industry (life insurance policies).
Our experience includes representing
- BMW Canada on product liability claims
- technology companies on product liability issues concerning computer hardware and software
- a large United Kingdom industrial company and its U.S. subsidiaries in major aspects of the U.S. personal injury and property damage litigation arising out of the manufacture and sale of asbestos products
- three of Canada's largest life insurance companies in class action litigation concerning life insurance products such as participating whole life insurance policies with the premium offset feature
- a United Kingdom chemical company and its U.S. subsidiary in litigation arising out of the degradation of fire-retardant-treated plywood and related insurance coverage litigation
- a U.S. manufacturer of household appliances defending claims that its humidifiers were defective
- an industrial manufacturing company on claims relating to pool liners, flood bags and roofing membranes, and in connection with product liability disclaimers
- the Canadian Red Cross Society in class actions concerning blood products and alleged transfusion-associated Hepatitis C