Tort Defense and Insurance
The Tort Defense and Insurance Practice Group at Frost Brown Todd consists of lawyers and professionals who represent a broad range of clients in personal injury and tort defense litigation. The Group also serves the insurance coverage fraud and bad faith needs of our insurance clients in sensitive cases involving coverage (including environmental coverage), insurance fraud and claims for extra-contractual damages.
The attorneys in the personal injury and tort defense aspect of the Tort Defense and Insurance Group have tried hundreds of cases involving the defense of insured and self-insured clients. The matters have ranged from relatively minor personal injuries to catastrophic wrongful death and damages claims, including serial and mass tort claims. The lawyers in this Group have tried cases in many states.
These cases involve complex legal and factual situations that, when combined with a claim for punitive damages, require a particular legal skill set. Our attorneys routinely deal with the integrity of sophisticated claims handling procedures; complex coverage issues; attacks on the attorney-client and work product privileges, which are undertaken by plaintiffs in extra-contractual damage cases like no other case; claims for punitive damages; and cases which deal with the honesty and integrity of insureds and insurance companies and their representatives. These cases are important to insurance companies because the integrity of the company and its internal procedures are under direct attack; and the exponential punitive damage exposure, in what some regard as consumer transaction cases, is large.
Frost Brown Todd is recognized as one of the leading law firms in the country for coverage, fraud and extra-contractual damage cases and has represented insurers in many different states including California, Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, New York, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Florida and Tennessee.
The Tort Defense and Insurance Group consists of a trial oriented practice emphasizing client service in two primary areas.
Personal Injury and Tort Defense:
The Group's experienced trial lawyers handle routine and complex cases in state and federal courts in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennesseeand Indiana. The Group concentrates in the defense of a wide range of personal injury matters, property damage, and wrongful death matters. Categories of cases include, but are not limited to the following:
• Closed head injuries
• Commercial transportation, trucking and motor carriers
• Dram shop
• ERISA
• FELA
• General commercial liability
• Insurance
• Bad Faith
• Uninsured Motorist/Underinsured Motorist
• Legal malpractice
• Medical malpractice
• Motor vehicles
• Nursing home
• Premises liability
• Product liability
• Asbestos
• Tobacco
• Industrial and consumer chemicals
• Risk management
• Wrongful death
• Accidental death and disability policies
• Special Resources
• Coordination of Experts
The Group is comprised of litigation and trial counsel who have substantial experience litigating significant disputes and severe personal injury and death claims relating to every kind of commercial or personal issue. This experience can bring an immediate response to a claim when time is of the essence, and can bring a wide range of experts to the team, including accountants, safety and security experts, medical and legal experts, accident reconstructionists, human factors experts (i.e., conspicuity and acuity), accident kinematics experts, biomechanical engineers, seat-belt experts, economic damages experts, and computer recreation engineers.
Frost Brown Todd has a well balanced team of trial lawyers with many years of experience in defending medical malpractice lawsuits. The firm has defended medical malpractice cases for over 30 years and has tried many cases to verdict. Some of its representative clients are as follows: Bethesda Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, University Hospital, St. Luke Hospital, Alliance Primary Care, Drake Hospital, Catholic Health Initiatives, Preferred Professional Insurance Company and American Physicians Assurance Corporation. It has handled all facets of medical malpractice cases, including wrongful death, birth trauma, radiology, pathology, emergency medicine, family practitioners, internal medicine and many others.
Coordination with Other Practice Groups
The attorneys at Frost Brown Todd work closely to develop effective working relationships with one another that cross from each practice area to the others. This smooth interrelationship between offices and between different areas of practice provide a unique and effective representation for each client’s needs. With offices throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, we can efficiently staff cases with counsel from the closest location.
Moreover, the Group interacts closely with experienced Frost Brown Todd environmental, employment, intellectual property, commercial transaction, and other counsel. The Group can provide guidance beyond the issues that may arise in a litigation context.
National and Regional Representation
The Group can provide national or regional coordination of claims and litigation to promote efficiencies of scale and familiarity, as well as stability and uniformity through discovery. The national or regional representation can provide a broad range of assistance, including coordination of experts.
Representative Clients
The Group represents a broad range of clients in a variety of industries, including retailers, insurance companies, manufacturers, local banks and lending institutions, regional franchisors, international long-haul trucking companies, commercial transportation insurers, and local short-haul private carriers. Included among these clients are Kindred Healthcare Inc., Harborside Healthcare, Sun Healthcare, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, CNA Insurance Company, Louisville Water Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Swift Transportation Company, Inc., United Parcel Service, Inc., Cunningham Lindsey, Progressive Insurance Companies, Great West Casualty Company, American Home Products, Inc., CGU Insurance Group, Tri-Health, Bethesda Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, University Hospital - University of Cincinnati, Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Kentucky League of Cities, Electric Insurance Company, Challenger Lifts, Allied Systems, Ltd., Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc., Federated Department Stores, Inc., The Rouse Companies, Crawford & Company, OneBeacon Insurance Group, Progressive Insurance Group, Zurich Insurance Company, CNA Insurance Company, Wausau Insurance Company, Indiana Insurance Company, Encompass Insurance Company, Royal and SunAlliance USA, Electric Insurance Company, and Century Insurance Group.
Insurance Coverage, Fraud and Bad Faith Practice
The Insurance Coverage, Fraud and Bad Faith Practice at Frost Brown Todd routinely represents insurance clients in sensitive cases involving coverage issues (including environmental coverage cases), insurance fraud and claims for extra-contractual damages.
These cases involve complex legal and factual situations that, when combined with a claim for punitive damages, require a particular legal skill set. Our attorneys routinely deal with the integrity of sophisticated claims handling procedures; complex coverage issues; attacks on the attorney-client and work product privileges, which are undertaken by plaintiffs in extra-contractual damage cases like no other case; claims for punitive damages; and cases which deal with the honesty and integrity of insureds and insurance companies and their representatives. These cases are important to insurance companies because the integrity of the company and its internal procedures are under direct attack, and the exponential punitive damage exposure, in what some regard as consumer transaction cases, is large.
Frost Brown Todd is recognized as one of the leading law firms in the country for coverage, fraud and extra-contractual damage cases. Frost Brown Todd has represented insurance companies in many different states including California, Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, New York, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Florida and Tennessee.