Emphasizing Tort Law Defense
With more than 40 years of trial experience, Archbald & Spray LLP has earned a reputation for excellence in the handling of tort cases. Our trial and appellate expertise encompasses the entire spectrum of liability issues, from negligence to intentional torts to strict liability, in diverse factual contexts. We emphasize the defense of claims, with selective representation of injured parties.
Our breadth of experience in the area of tort law enables us to effectively assess our client’s potential exposure. We then devise timely, cost-sensitive strategies for achieving optimal results, and evaluate opportunities for resolving each case expeditiously, whether through settlement, alternative dispute resolution, or trial.
Among the numerous types of tort matters we handle are:
Business torts: Commercial defamation, interference with contractual or economic relations, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and misrepresentation, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and other conduct or claims that affect the operation and success of a business. We represent businesses of all sizes and individuals.
Civil rights: Discrimination, harassment, disabilities, and violation of constitutional rights under state and federal laws. Among our clients are businesses, employers, public entities, and school districts.
Construction: Construction defect, personal injury, property damage, occupational exposure, environmental/toxic contamination. Our clients include contractors, subcontractors, manufacturers, distributors, and property owners.
Education: Claims involving personal injury, discipline, supervision, premises liability, curriculum, employment, etc. We primarily represent school districts and their employees.
Environmental torts: Contamination and toxic exposure. Our clients include the energy industry, landowners, successor corporations, and facility operators. Click here for information on our Environmental practice area.
Insurance: Bad faith and benefits. Our clients include insurers and their insureds. Click here for more information on our Insurance practice area.
Personal injury: Wrongful death, bodily injury, and damage to reputation, based on negligence and intentional torts such as assault, battery, false imprisonment, sexual misconduct, fraud, and libel. We represent a wide range of businesses and individuals, emphasizing defense of these matters.
Premises liability: Slip and fall, recreation injuries, dangerous conditions, vicarious liability for acts of others (criminals, employees, minors), and toxic exposure. Our clients include landowners, lessees, contractors, business owners, and others.
Professional liability defense: We represent professionals, including attorneys, accountants, architects, engineers, health care providers, insurance professionals, real estate professionals, officers and directors, and other fiduciaries. Click here for more information on this practice area.
Product liability: Vehicles; equipment, including agricultural, construction, electrical, and industrial; chemicals and pharmaceuticals; medical devices; consumer products; toxic substances. We represent manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in a wide range of industries.
Property damage: Damage to personal and real property, including injury resulting from vehicular accidents, construction defect, product liability, landslides, nuisance abatement, soil subsidence, water damage, and toxic contamination.
Attorneys in Tort Law include:
Related Practice Areas:
Dispute Resolution
Employment & Labor (for Management)
Energy & Natural Resources
Environmental
Insurance
Land Use
Professional Liability
