Samuel Goldblatt

My focus

My practice focuses on advocacy, advice and cost recovery for clients seeking solutions for problems arising from commercial and consumer use and handling of products, including product liability, toxic tort, civil conspiracy and breach of warranty claims, cases and disputes among businesses, individuals and governmental agencies. My current work is for several manufacturers of compressed gas valves and tanks. My past body of work has involved a variety of products from fuel tanks and other parts of heavy and medium duty trucks to chemicals, toys and children’s products.

Representative experience

• Currently defending multiple personal injury and property damage cases against a compressed gas product maker
• Defended a compressed gas product manufacturer in multiple wrongful death and personal injury actions arising from a propane explosion in Massachusetts
• Defended a compressed gas product manufacturer in multiple wrongful death and personal injury actions arising from a propane explosion in Pennsylvania
• Defended a component manufacturer in a class action in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana involving a half million products
• Defended a Fortune 100 manufacturer in more than 50 lawsuits seeking money damages for alleged participation in an industry-wide conspiracy to keep secret the health effects of an alleged carcinogen
• Defended a coatings manufacturer in a breach of contract and fraud action in the District Court of Massachusetts seeking money damages for alleged unlawful termination of a licensing, supply and market development agreement

Looking ahead

Continued threats to our civil justice system, particularly the use of jury trials, due in part to rote reliance on protracted and unnecessary discovery proceedings, resulting in long delays in bringing cases to trial. Effective advocacy in today’s environment requires knowing what evidence is necessary and sufficient and what strategy is best designed to bring cases to resolution quickly while persuading jurors, judges, mediators and arbitrators that the client is on the right side of the issue—that knowledge only comes from real world experience.

Insights

Sam has published more than two dozen articles in various bar association and other journals, including a handbook on the regulations of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and presented on various trial-related topics at legal industry conferences.