Publication Date: 2023-11-30
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Federal Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Eunice C. Lee
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Ronald L.M. Goldman, Timothy A. Loranger, Crawford Appleby, Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, PC, Los Angeles, California, Arthur Alan Wolk, The Wolk Law Firm, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John J. Gagliano, Gagliano Law Offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the brief, Tejinder Singh, Goldstein & Russel, P.C., Bethesda, Maryland.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Goodrich Pump & Engine Control Systems, Inc.: James H. Rotondo, Andraya P. Brunau, Day Pitney LLP, Hartford, Connecticut, Thomas R. Pantino, Fitzpatrick & Hunt, Pagano Aubert, LLP, New York, New York, on the brief, John W. Cerreta.
For Defendant-Appellee Rolls-Royce Corporation: Robert J. Williams, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Steven E. Arnold, SA Law, P.C., Boston, Massachusetts, on the brief, J. Denny Shupe.
For American Association for Justice, amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Jeffrey R. White, American Association for Justice, Washington, D.C.; Justin T. Green, Anthony Tarricone, Joseph P. Musacchio, Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, New York, NY.
For Public Citizen, amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Allison M. Zieve, Adina H. Rosenbaum, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington D.C.
For Product Liability Advisory Council, amicus curiae in support of Defendants-Appellees: Jonathan M. Hoffman, MB Law Group LLP, Portland, OR.
For General Aviation Manufacturers Association, Inc., and National Association of Manufacturers, amici curiae in support of Defendants-Appellees: Lauren L. Haertlein, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, Inc., Washington, D.C.
For the United States, amicus curiae in support of neither party: Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern, Lindsey Powell, Ben Lewis, Attorneys, Appellate Staff Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Case Number: 20-2951
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