Retail & Hospitality Claims

Operators of stores, restaurants, casinos, sports venues, hotels, and other places of public invitation face all manner of claims in our litigious society, that may relate for example to food-borne illness, guest safety and security, catastrophe or emergency medical response, liquor liability, data privacy breaches, disability law compliance, premises design and conditions, property inspection policies, employment/immigration rule compliance, guest detention circumstances, and the like.  Our firm is proud of our alliance with the retail and hospitality industry in defense of tort and statutory-based claims that can come with the announcement “Open for Business.”  We’re also experienced in assisting clients maintain investigation confidentiality via the work product doctrine, in implementing fraudulent claim avoidance measures, in finding loss prevention solutions, in preparing company representatives for 30(b)(6) depositions, and in managing responses to media inquiries.  Trial presentation of surveillance film evidence of the actual conditions at the time of alleged loss and the use of innovative case presentation strategies to “visual learner” juries round out our team’s expertise in the defense of these claims.