Eckert Seamans Secures Dismissal for McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Inc. in Product Liability Suit
April 4, 2024
A cross-office team of attorneys from national law firm Eckert Seamans secured summary judgment, affirmed on appeal, on behalf of McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Inc. in a product liability suit in New Jersey.
In an opinion filed Thursday, March 28, 2024, a New Jersey Appellate Division panel affirmed the trial court’s decision dismissing claims against McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing alleging a garbage truck’s defective design resulted in a worker’s death in 2017. The panel ruled that the plaintiff’s expert had given an inadmissible net opinion and offered no support for his opinion that the truck was unsafe in its design. The panel’s decision is available for review here.
The Eckert Seamans team included Philadelphia-based Member Dennis P. Ziemba and Princeton-based Member Robert P. Zoller.
Eckert Seamans’ Product Liability practice defends product liability cases in both state and federal courts in nearly every jurisdiction across the United States. Lawyers in the group defend class actions, mass torts, complex litigation, multidistrict litigation, and single lawsuits on behalf of manufacturers across industries, including automotive, pharmaceutical and medical device, industrial and agriculture equipment, and consumer products.