Legionnaires’ Disease: Controlling Liability and Damage Exposure After the Outbreak

The successful defense of a Legionnaires’ disease matter presents challenges on the legal, scientific, and public relations fronts. The goal is to evaluate defenses quickly, magnifying strengths and minimizing weaknesses, while accurately assessing exposure among multiple defendants and damages among multiple plaintiffs. Defense counsel must also consider not just how to succeed in the courtroom but in multiple arenas of conflict outside the courtroom….
By: Husch Blackwell LLP