Practice Areas | Product Liability Defense

Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers, PLC provides experienced legal representation throughout Arkansas in the area of products liability defense. This area of practice includes the defense of manufacturers, dealers, installers, retail and wholesale divisions relating to various consumer and commercial products, such as automobiles, off-road vehicles (from all-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles to large earth moving equipment), factory and industrial equipment (automated and manual, as well as manufacturing and support equipment), agricultural equipment (tractors, mowers and other attachments) and small consumer items such as coffee pots and tanning beds. We defend the design, manufacturing, warning, instruction and/or materials defect allegations relating to such products. Necessarily included are accident reconstruction/causation, biomechanics (impact on human users/operators of the product), alternative designs, product comparisons, safety devices, product history, product utilization and benefit and interacting with nationally recognized and qualified experts in each of the areas.

Attorneys practicing in this area
Don A. Taylor
John G. Trice

Representative clients:
Arvin Meritor, Inc.
Caterpillar Inc.
E.W. Bliss Co.
FPEC, Inc.
General Motors Corporation
John Deere Insurance Company
Kawasaki Motors Corporation
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Kubota Tractor Corporation
Melroe Company
Mitsubishi Motors, Inc.
New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc.
Tokio Marine Insurance Company
Toyota Motor Corporation
The Valvoline Company