Product Liability Litigation
We provide clients with sophisticated product liability dispute strategy supported by deep regulatory knowledge across industries, assisting clients with everything from complex, multijurisdictional class action claims to individual cases.
Product Liability Litigation

Overview

Product liability is more than a legal risk—it’s a business-critical issue requiring strategic foresight and decisive action. We are trusted by leading manufacturers, distributors, and innovators across industries to navigate their complex liability work

Our team of seasoned trial lawyers and creative problem solvers, has a proven track record defending individual claims and class actions, including high-stakes litigation involving pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, medical devices, and emerging technologies. When litigation is not the optimal path, we negotiate favorable resolutions aligned with our clients’ broader business goals.

With national reach and deep regulatory insight, we deliver tailored risk management strategies that span the entire product lifecycle—from design and labelling to recall and litigation.

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Areas of Service

  • Class actions and “mass tort” claims
    We have extensive experience handling high-profile, complex class actions and “mass tort” claims across Canada, including Québec. With team members called to multiple bars, clients benefit from fluid representation no matter where parallel class actions or follow-on individual proceedings may be filed.
  • Chemicals
    We assist clients throughout the entire chemicals supply chain and across several industries, such as life sciences, environmental and consumer products, on so-called “toxic torts” and environmental contamination claims, including matters regarding pesticides, PFAS and microplastics.
  • Consumer products
    We represent manufacturers, retailers and distributors on reputationally sensitive litigation matters both in Canada and the U.S. This includes multijurisdictional disputes related to defects, failure to warn, negligence, greenwashing or consumer protection claims and all aspects of product withdrawals, corrections and recalls.
  • Medical devices
    Our multidisciplinary team represents manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and others along the medical device supply chain—routinely handling disputes related to allegations of defective design or manufacturing, failure to warn, misrepresentation, and malfunctions.
  • Life Sciences
    We serve biotech, pharmaceutical, personal care and health technology companies, including those driven by AI, in disputes before all levels of courts, IP tribunals and regulatory bodies and with crisis communications.
  • Social media/platform liability/AI
    Having spent decades working with companies at the forefront of technology, clients trust us to help them navigate the increasingly complex regulatory and litigation landscape that impacts platform liability, digital advertising and AI-driven consumer services and products.
  • Environmental
    We defend clients in environmental disputes at all levels of court, often with complex general and specific causation issues and constitutional law considerations, such as the use of regulated substances, personal injury claims, and responding to investigations and other incidents.
  • Cosmetics
    Our multifaceted, cross-border cosmetics practice provides clients with a holistic approach to dispute resolution, including the arbitration of advertising disputes, privacy, branding and product safety claims.
  • Advisory and regulatory
    We guide companies through an evolving regulatory landscape, often including complex muti-jurisdictional requirements and varying risks. These strategies combined with our litigation expertise to help clients mitigate risk while advancing their commercial goals.
  • Food and beverages
    We offer insights across every stage of this highly regulated industry. We advise on urgent issues relating to product recalls and represent clients in judicial reviews before provincial, federal and appellate courts and in litigation with competitors.
  • Transportation
    We work with leading transportation businesses on all aspects of their disputes, from complex arbitrations to personal injury claims and class actions.
Torys has a well-organised, thoughtful team that delivers excellent advice proactively and on a timely basis.
— Chambers Canada, 2025

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