From its earliest days, Booth, Mitchel & Strange LLP has been a major player in casualty defense practice (now often referred to as “tort litigation”) handling cases for insurers and self-insured entities traditionally falling within general liability, motor vehicle liability and homeowners coverages.  Our experience has ranged from simple auto and premises liability cases to extremely complex, multi-party litigation involving claimed product defects, clergy misconduct, negligent security against third party crimes, mass torts, refinery explosions, high rise building fires, chemical and asbestos exposure, and other forms of major litigation involving catastrophic injury and complex liability issues.

We have found that the successful defense of these cases involves the development of a close relationship with our clients in order to obtain an early comprehensive understanding of the facts and any technical issues involved, early and careful selection of experts, objective analysis and aggressive use of pretrial procedures and discovery to limit, avoid or reduce jury exposure. While the current state of the law in several areas creates challenges, we have realized substantial success in this field. The firm has found that successful practice requires adherence to our client's litigation standards and cost control procedures, to the extent consistent with our obligation to provide high quality zealous legal representation, prompt and accurate reporting, a detailed litigation plan, early and objective evaluation and prompt settlement efforts where warranted.