Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor LLP’s (Liner) Products Liability, Mass Tort, Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Group, headed by Kevin Mayer, includes an outstanding team of nationally-respected trial lawyers whose accomplishments are emblematic of the firm’s work ethic and expertise in the relevant fields.  This team of experienced and diverse trial counsel is committed to ground-level investigative efforts and strict adherence to and application of evidentiary principles before and during trial.  They enjoy well-established relationships with local, national and international experts in the involved medical and scientific disciplines, and are known for their implementation of novel approaches in trial practice.  The hallmark of the group is its commitment -- first and foremost -- to trial if summary judgment or voluntary dismissal cannot be obtained.

The group’s principal practice involves the defense of the petroleum, chemical, and product manufacturing industries in civil and, where necessary, white collar criminal litigation and trials.  The group also counsels clients in various regulatory arenas, including federal and California OSHA investigations and citation appeals, U.S.F.A.A., F.T.C. and C.P.S.C. inquiries and recall proceedings, Proposition 65 litigation, environmental/hazardous waste matters, and legislative lobbying efforts.  They serve as appellate counsel, and provide client and amicus briefs to the State of California’s Courts of Appeal and Supreme Court, in cases of importance to various industries.

The group is experienced and sophisticated in the entire spectrum of issues which arise in civil tort litigation, including alleged manufacturing, design and warning defects, hazardous materials exposure, environmental contamination, and complex medical and scientific causation questions.  The group represents clients in a wide range of matters involving allegations of cancer, birth defects, other reproductive consequences, and systemic diseases arising out of exposure to industrial and consumer-grade chemical products and nutraceuticals.  The group has defended cases involving silica, welding fumes, asbestos, benzene, petroleum hydrocarbon solvents, chlorinated materials, ionizing radiation and dietary supplements.  They routinely develop and introduce state-of-the-art evidence in the fields of epidemiology, toxicology, industrial hygiene, warnings generation, and process safety management.