Robert B Friedman

Examples of Mr. Friedman’s recent litigation experience include:

• Member of a King & Spalding team that is serving as national coordinating counsel and trial counsel in product liability litigation involving GlaxoSmithKline’s antidepressant Paxil®. Mr. Friedman has specific responsibility for coordinating defensive discovery across all cases, and was a member of trial teams in two cases tried to in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.  Mr. Friedman has participated in and managed every aspect of trial preparation for GSK.  Among Mr. Friedman’s achievements in this litigation is Richardson v. GSK, 412 F.Supp.2d 863 (W.D. Tenn. 2006), a summary judgment for GSK based on the absence of general and specific causation evidence.
  
  
• Representing an international integrated energy company against allegations of False Claims Act violations arising out of the operation of service stations.  Mr. Friedman is responsible for managing a coordinated defense against government investigations in more than 20 states. 
  
  
• Representing Merck in litigation involving its osteoporosis medication Fosomax®.  Mr. Friedman is counsel for Merck in federal and state cases in multiple jurisdictions, and will be part of a federal court trial team later this Spring.
  
  
• Representing automobile manufacturers in cases involving the designs of fuel systems, air bags, roofs, seat belts, suspension systems, cruise control systems, and overall vehicle structure.  Among Mr. Friedman’s achievements in this area are Simmons v. Nissan North America, Inc., an airbag non-deployment case in which a Southern District of Georgia jury returned a defense verdict; and Jonas v. Isuzu, 210 F.Supp.2d 1373 (M.D. Ga. 2003), a triple-wrongful-death action in which Isuzu won summary judgment after the plaintiffs’ expert evidence was excluded.
  
  
• Defending an international integrated energy company against a wrongful death claim arising out of a violent attack at one of its retail facilities.