Metal Working Fluids

Profoundly indicative of this is Secrest Wardle’s seminal role in the developing area of litigation involving industrial workers’ exposure to metal working fluids. Over the course of a number of years, hundreds of plaintiffs, who allege exposure to various chemicals that fall under the general description of metal working fluids, have claimed respiratory injury, asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, scarring of the lungs and other neuropsychological and medical injuries from exposure during the course and scope of their employment. Jerry Spence, a nationally-recognized plaintiff attorney, has led the prosecution of metal working claims for the plaintiffs. Secrest Wardle is the only Michigan law firm that has defended these claims.

Unique to this enterprise is the creation and use of state-of-the-art databases and an unparalleled use of efficient, cost-effective technologies to manage mass tort litigation. Our software programs permit electronic trial presentations and immediate access to hundreds of thousands of pages of documents through combined deposition and records searches on issues, keywords, and dozens of other criterion.

Secrest Wardle has also been instrumental in developing Daubert-based proofs, through pertinent factual records, expert witnesses, and its knowledge of the relevant law to limit and curtail efforts to pursue such claims. As this practice area continues to develop, Secrest Wardle’s commitment to obtaining the best possible result for its clients will ensure we develop the defenses necessary to meet this growing challenge.