Kumamoto, Brian A.

Christopher D. Kuebler graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1978 with a B.S. degree in Biology and Chemistry. After graduation, Mr. Kuebler continued his education at Bowling Green State University, taking graduate courses in an M.B.A. program in 1979. Mr. Kuebler attended law school at Cleveland State University and graduated with a J.D. in 1982. Mr. Kuebler has been practicing law for 30 years and has represented personal injury victims for 25 of those years, obtaining favorable recoveries in trials and settlement, including those which
exceeded a million dollars. Mr. Kuebler is licensed to practice law in the following states: OHIO, FLORIDA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MICHIGAN

Mr. Kuebler has practiced law in state and federal courts throughout the United States, representing seriously injured victims and working men and women in a variety of cases. Mr. Kuebler is admitted to practice law in the following jurisdictions: Northern District of Ohio; Southern District of Ohio; Eastern District of Michigan; Western District of Michigan; Southern District of Illinois; Eastern District of Illinois; Eastern District of Texas; Eastern District of Wisconsin; Eastern District of Arkansas; Western District of Arkansas; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh. Mr. Kuebler has also been admitted Pro Hac Vice to the following jurisdictions: Western District of Washington; Southern District of Florida; Middle District of Florida; Northern District of Florida; Southern District of Alabama; Southern District of Mississippi; Eastern District of Louisiana; Western District of Louisiana; Western District of Pennsylvania; Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Southern District of New York; Eastern District of New York; Western District of New York; Northern District of West Virginia; Southern District of West Virginia; Eastern District of Tennessee; Middle District of Tennessee; Western District of Tennessee; Western District of Kentucky; Eastern District of Kentucky; Southern District of Indiana; Northern District of Minnesota; Southern District of Texas; Eastern District of Virginia; Eastern District of Massachusetts; Eastern District of Iowa; Eastern District of Missouri; District of Maryland; Eastern District of Georgia; Eastern District of South Carolina.

In addition to handling land-based personal injury cases, Mr. Kuebler is considered to be a specialist in admiralty and maritime law, which law encompasses personal injuries which arise on the navigable waters of the United States and includes a wide-variety of personal injury claims including medical malpractice, product liability, collisions, allisions, premises liability, cruise ship injuries, boating collisions and general negligence. Mr. Kuebler has represented commercial divers, dredge operators, blue water seamen, offshore oil platform workers, inland river mariners, deckhands, longshoremen, commercial fishermen in Alaska, in the Gulf Coast and on the Atlantic Seaboard, engineers, licensed nautical personnel and other maritime workers. Mr. Kuebler has also represented workers involving claims against the Military Sea Lift Command and Defense Logistics Agency, and individuals who contracted with the U.S. Military in Iraq and Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom/GWT under the Defense Base Act and War Hazards Act.

Mr. Kuebler has also represented commercial interests in business and insurance coverage disputes involving Cruise Ship operators, shippers, freight forwarders, freight consolidators, consignees, consignors, insurers, international P&I clubs, international shipowners, husbanding agents, bulk cargo shipowners and marina operators. As well, Mr. Kuebler has represented parties concerning environmental damage and contamination, environmental toxic torts, water and oil pollution, obstruction to navigation, wetland mitigation, dock damage, boat damage, boat lemon laws, and property rights of riparian landowners. Most of Mr. Kuebler’s cases involve complex and highly technical factual and legal issues requiring extensive knowledge and expert analysis. Mr. Kuebler has litigated claims which involve the following statutes: Suits in Admiralty Act; Admiralty Extension Act; Public Vessels Act; Federal Tort Claims Act; Rivers and Harbors Act; Jones Act; Longshore Harbor Workers Compensation Act; Federal Employers Liability Act; Death On The High Seas Act; Clean Water Act; Federal Water Pollution Control Act; Outer Continental Shelf and Submerged Lands Act; Tucker Act. As well, Mr. Kuebler has handled property and cargo damage transportation claims and bill of lading disputes under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act and Harter Act, and he has handled claims involving foreign seamen immigration under U.S. Customs and Immigration laws, Salvage, Cabotage laws, General Average, challenges to operators licenses [suspension/revocation hearings] involving the U.S. Coast Guard, and legal process under the Hague Convention. Mr. Kuebler has litigated thousands of Asbestos cases, including those which resulted in the client suffering from Mesothelioma, for over 25 years. Such claims involve mass toxic tort issues, class actions and FDA product use and labeling regulations, and consumer product safety statutes.

Mr. Kuebler will also handle your case if it involves the violation of any statutes which governs the following matters: Qui Tam/Whistleblower protection; Employment discrimination under the E.E.O.C., Social Security Disability, and; Medicare/Medicaid set-asides.

Finally, to further Mr. Kuebler’s dedication to helping those who have been injured in body or spirit, he has established a charity for wounded war veterans and handicapped children which provides free charters for recreational boating and fishing pursuits. A portion of any attorney fee Mr. Kuebler recovers on your behalf will be donated to the charity to help provide these charitable services. If you know of any individual who might be interested in utilizing these services, please visit the website of KUEBLER’S NAVY, INC.: www.kammo.org.

REPRESENTATIVE INJURY RECOVERIES

BACK:
$1,200,000.00
$900,000.00
$650,000.00
$625,000.00
$500,000.00
$450,000.00
$425,000.00
$400,000.00
$375,000.00
$375,000.00
$350,000.00
$335,000.00
$325,000.00
$325,000.00
$300,000.00 [Longshoreman]
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$275,000.00
$275,000.00
$275,000.00
$250,000.00
$250,000.00
$250,000.00
$250,000.00
$225,000.00
$225,000.00
$175,000.00
$165,000.00
$150,000.00
$150,000.00
$145,000.00
$135,000.00
$125,000.00

CLOSED HEAD:
$900,000.00

CRUSH/HEMI-PELVECTOMY:
$4,850,000.00

QUADRIPLEGIA:
$900,000.00
$500,000.00 [Policy Limits]

NECK:
$400,000.00
$225,000.00
$175,000.00
$145,000.00

KNEE:
$350,000.00
$175,000.00
$100,000.00

ANKLE:
$225,000.00

MRSA/INFECTION
$375,000.00
$175,000.00

ARM:
$175,000.00
$100,000.00

SHOULDER:
$825,000.00

EYE:
$450,000.00
$400,000.00

DRUGS/MEDICAL DEVICES: CLASS ACTIONS

ARTELON CMC SPACER
AVAULTA TRANSVAGINAL MESH
COMPOSIX KUGEL HERNIA MESH PATCH
DEPUY PINNACLE HIP REPLACEMENT
DEPUY ASR HIP REPLACEMENT
DURAGESIC PATCH
GADOLINIUM INJECTION
MEDRONIC INFUSE BONE GRAFT
MEDTRONIC SPRINT FIDELIS LEAD
NUVA RING
ORTHO EVRA
TI SYNEX II VERTEBRAL BODY REPLACEMENT
ZIMMER DUROM CUP HIP SOCKET IMPLANT
ZIMMER NEXGEN CR-FLEX KNEE REPLACEMENT
ACCUTANE: ROCHE HOLDING AG
ACTONEL
ACTOS
ADDERALL
ADVAIR/SEREVENT
ADVIL/MOTRIN: STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME BONIVA
AVANDIA: GLAXO SMITHKLINE
BEXTRA
BYETTA
CELEXA
CHANTIX
CRESTOR
DARVON/DARVACET/PROPOXYPHENE: XANODYNE PHARMACEUTICALS
DEPAKOTE
DIGITEK
FENTORA
FLEET PHOSPHOSODA ENEMA: C.B. FLEET COMPANY
FOZAMAX
GARDASIL
HEPARIN
LEVAQUIN/CIPRO: ORTHO-McNEIL/JANSSEN
LEXAPRO
MERIDIA
NEXIUM
PAXIL
PREVACID
PRILOSEC
PROVIGIL/MODAFINIL
REGLAN
SEROQUEL
TOPAMAX
TRASYLOL
VIOXX
ZELNORM
ZICAM
ZOCOR
ZOLOFT
ZYPREXA
TOXIC EXPOSURE: CLASS ACTIONS
ASBESTOSIS: MESOTHELIOMA/ASBESTOSIS
BENZENE EXPOSURE
GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
LEAD POISONING