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McLaughlin, Thomas G.

Name:McLaughlin, Thomas G.
Practice In: Accident & Injury ,Personal Injury ,Government ,Social Security ,Lawsuit & Dispute ,Litigation
Law Firm: Boxer & Gerson, LLP
Location:300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza Rotunda Building- Suite 500 1/2 block from 12th Street BART
Oakland, CA 94612
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Fax: 510-835-0415
http://www.boxerlaw.com
 

Since joining Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in 1993, Edward J. McGinn Jr. has been devoting his practice to the defense of product liability matters, with particular emphasis on automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, forklifts, scissor lifts, and other industrial and commercial equipment and products.

Ed represents aerial lift rental companies, contractors, manufacturers of various industrial products. He is most frequently asked to defend catastrophic personal injury cases. The cases typically involve construction related accidents and product liability claims. He also handles general negligence claims.

In 1998, Ed received his Masters Degree in Trial Advocacy with honors from the Temple University School of Law. He has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in the area of Civil Litigation Defense.

Ed is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. Following graduation from Notre Dame in 1981, he attended Duquesne University School of Law. Ed graduated in the top 25% of his class and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1984. Ed then joined the defense litigation firm of Liebert, Short, FitzPatrick and Lavin, where he developed extensive experience in a wide range of casualty defense matters, with particular emphasis on the defense of product liability claims.

Ed has been a volunteer attorney for the Support Center for Child Advocates for over ten years. He volunteers to represent children who have been abused or otherwise need legal representation as determined by the court and assigned by the Support Center. In 1999, Ed was honored with recognition as a "Distinguished Advocate for Children." He continues to actively be involved in this organization.

Significant Representative Matters:

  • Successfully resolved complicated work place/products liability case involving a fatality where the demand was $40 million by demonstrating through a complicated and sophisticated biomechanical analysis that the body position of the decedent showed that he had intentionally placed himself in an obvious position of danger.

  • Tried to defense verdict a product liability claim allegedly involving a van seat failure. The demand had been $5 million.

  • Tried work-related personal injury matter to verdict. Matter favorably resolved after verdict based upon strong appellate issues raised.

  • Successfully resolved claim of worker permanently injured by contact with electrical circuitry. Used forensic DNA analysis to establish compelling defense that contradicted the testimony of the plaintiff.

  • Successfully resolved work-related claim where worker suffered paraplegia. Case tried against non-settling defendant and resulted in multi-million dollar verdict.
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