Ricardo A. Woods

Experience

• Retained to defend a highway contractor in wrongful death action arising from the death of a law enforcement officer (secured dismissal).
• Retained by distributor of manual engine lift in product liability suit arising from product misuse.
• Retained to defend an owner in a catastrophic loss case involving an alleged design defect of multilevel collar system designed to secure an 800-ton floating vessel.
• Retained as counsel by defendant distributor involved in a homicide in a liquor liability action in rural Alabama (summary judgment).
• Retained to defend natural gas pipeline owner in wrongful death case of pipeline construction worker.
• Retained to defend trucking company in wrongful death action arising from multi-vehicle accident in rural Alabama.
• Retained by financial institution to defend against Telephone Consumer Protection Act claims.
• Retained by oil and gas provider to investigate multiple deaths in an industrial setting.
• Retained to defend a State operated facility in wrongful death action involving the drowning death of a minor.
• Retained by financial institution to recover assets seized by the Department of Justice.
• Secured summary judgment and successfully served as national medical counsel in mass tort action involving air filtration system and alleged toxic chemical exposure on an aircraft.
• Served as coordination counsel by a multi-national corporation to investigate and defend a series of claims associated with occupational injuries.
• Retained as trial counsel to defend against claims of real estate fraud in Clarke County, Alabama (summary judgment).
• Retained as trial counsel in product liability action involving hand held cigarette lighter (secured dismissal).
• Retained in multi district litigation/product liability action arising from the installation of "Chinese Drywall" in residential homes(secured a dismissal).
• Retained by defendant in multi district litigation/products liability suit arising from the use of the manufacturer's clothing near secondary heat sources.
• Hired to defend a drug screening laboratory in a defamation action filed by third party test subject.
• Retained to defend in a vehicle rollover case involving tires manufactured outside of the United States.
• Negotiated and amicably resolved a case involving a major insurance carrier in a lawsuit that included claims of defalcation and loss of coverage.
• Retained as counsel for financial institution to defend against breach of contract and fraud claims.
• Resolved a complex products liability case after litigating in both state and federal court in the process of defending a manufacturer of a nationally distributed household product in triple wrongful death case involving minors.
• Retained by industrial printing company to defend a wrongful death action involving the death of a subcontractor's employee.
• Retained as trial counsel in wrongful death case involving a homicide inside a State operated facility.
• Successfully defended a boiler manufacturer and a companion maintenance company in a wrongful death case (secured summary judgment).
• Retained as trial counsel in a product liability action involving a seatbelt manufacturer where a minor suffered permanent paralysis.
• Retained to defend product liability a manufacturer in law suit arising from the use of a portable breathable air system in an industrial setting (secured dismissal).
• Retained to defend title insurance company against allegations of fraud arising from a commercial real estate transaction.
• Retained as local counsel in a product liability lawsuit involving chemical burns associated with product misuse.
• Retained and successfully represent defendants in double homicide related to liquor liability claims.
• Retained as trial counsel to defend wrongful death action involving a third party criminal act in Escambia County, Florida.
• Retained by product manufacturer to defend product liability action arising from explosion of mobile gas unit.

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