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F. Laurens (Larry) Brock
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Larry Brock practices in the areas of arbitration, business litigation, class action, hospital liability, elder services/long-term care litigation, manufacturer's risk prevention, excess liability, premise liability, product liability, professional liability, and trucking and tort litigation. Practicing throughout the United States, he has served as national and regional counsel in both product liability and healthcare litigation. For example, he has served as national counsel for a manufacturer of consumer safety equipment and serves as coordinating counsel in a multi-state region for product litigation including Baycol, Fen-Phen, Fentanyl, Oxycontin, Propulsid, Rezulin, Seroquel and Vioxx.
Representative Trials
- Defense Verdict - Alleged defective safety product resulting in catastrophic brain injury
- Defense Verdict - Alleged wrongful death of family
- Defense Verdict - Alleged wrongful death of infant
- Defense Verdict - Alleged unintended acceleration of vehicle
- Defense Verdict - Alleged wrongful death in rehabilitation facility
- Defense Verdict - Alleged wrongful death with multiple consortium claims
- Defense Verdict - Alleged total lifetime disability
- Defense Verdict - Alleged medical battery
- Defense Verdict - Alleged extensive bowel injuries with multiple hospitalizations
- Directed Verdict - Alleged medication blindness
- Directed Verdict - Alleged brain damage to child in safety device
- Directed Verdict - Alleged wrongful death in obstetrical case
- Admitted Liability - Trucking case, verdict less than pre-trial offer
- Vacated Verdict - Alleged defective product and lifetime total disability, fraud upon Court
Active in the community, Larry spearheaded the firm's initiative to bring the Street Law Corporate Diversity Program to Chattanooga. He is a frequent presenter before national audiences and industry groups, and most recently he was invited to speak on the topic of preparing and defeating the punitive damages claim. Some of his other presentations include:
- Ability to Confer with Corporate Witness during Deposition
- Building a Better Informed Consent
- Defeating Punitive Damages at Trial
- Post Sale Duty to Warn
- Successful Themes in Jury Trials
Memberships
- American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Business Torts Committee; TIPS, past Vice Chairman; past Vice Chairman and Contributing Editor
- American Health Care Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Chattanooga Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute's Products Specialized Litigation Group and Medical Profession Liability Committees
- Federal Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel, Class Action, Drug, Device and Biotech, Medical Defense and Product Liability Committees
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Memphis Bar Association
- Product Liability Advisory Council
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association
- Tennessee Health Care Association
Honors
- Leadership Miami, past Chairman
- Selected to White House Intern Program, assigned to Press Secretary to the President, 1975
