David W Allen's Legal Cases (3)

Defective and dangerous products

Goodell DeVries Secures Victory for Chemical Suppliers Against Failure To Warn Allegations

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OUTCOME: Summary judgment in favor of client

In one of several "sophisticated user" cases in which Goodell DeVries' clients have prevailed, the trial court entered summary judgment in favor of chemical suppliers, holding that the bulk supplier/so ... phisticated user defense foreclosed liability for failure to warn of alleged defects in expandable polystyrene insulation panels. Sara Lee Corp. v. Homasote Co., 719 F. Supp. 417 (D.Md.1989). David W. Allen and Linda S. Woolf assisted in the defense.

General practice

Goodell DeVries Secures Summary Judgment for Asbestos Client in Mesothelioma Case

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OUTCOME: Obtained summary judgment in favor of client

In 2009, David W. Allen obtained summary judgment in an mesothelioma case before the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The client was a finishing contractor who plaintiff alleged used asbestos contain ... ing products at various work sites. On behalf of the client and through the use of experts in the fields of construction, industrial hygiene and asbestos medicine, David W. Allen convinced the court that the client was not in any way responsible for plaintiff developing mesothelioma.

General practice

Goodell DeVries Successfully Manages over 10,000 Asbestos Risk Actions for Metropolitan Life

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OUTCOME: All claims remaining agaisnt the client were dismissed

In Abate v. AcandS (Circuit Court for Baltimore City) Goodell DeVries attorneys David W. Allen, Sidney G. Leech and Thomas M. Goss represented Metropolitan Life in a year-long consolidated trial involv ... ing several thousand plaintiffs and cross- and third-party claims arising from 10,000 cases. Metropolitan Life was sued on the theory that it had engaged in a conspiracy to hide the risks of asbestos in the 1930s and 1940s. All claims remaining against it at the close of trial were dismissed with prejudice.

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