Troy D. McMahan

Food and Beverage

• Represented an egg producer in connection with commercial claims arising from a 2010 salmonella outbreak and recall (the largest egg salmonella outbreak in history) and related FDA investigation.

Toxic Tort

• Counsel for crude oil refiners and manufacturers of industrial commercial and consumer grade chemical products in personal injury and wrongful death cases involving cancer, systemic diseases and immune system dysfunction.

Maritime

• Represent vessel owners and operators in matters involving wrongful death and personal injury cases filed by seaman, longshoreman and shipyard contractors under federal maritime law — Jones Act, Longshoreman and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and federal maritime common law.
• Secured summary judgment for a shipping client in a case of first impression — whether federal maritime law imposes a duty upon a ship owner to protect offshore third parties from injuries occurring as a result of activities performed aboard ship. Specifically, plaintiff claimed exposure to toxins used aboard the vessel, and which his father — an officer aboard the vessel — allegedly brought home on his uniform.

Asbestos

• Represent Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Texaco Inc., and The Dow Chemical Company in trial asbestos product and premises liability dockets throughout the State of California.

Automotive

• Secured a defense verdict at trial on behalf of the Ford Motor Company on insurance subrogation claim brought by an insurance company against Ford based on claims of a defective ignition switch.
• Secured summary judgment for Ford Motor Company against plaintiff’s product liability claim based on allegations that a defective seatbelt caused plaintiff to sustain injuries during an automobile accident.
• Secured a defense judgment on behalf of a foreign gas tank manufacturer in a personal injury case brought by several plaintiffs who sustained personal injuries when their personal watercraft exploded causing several of the plaintiffs to claim brain damage, partial blindness and severe emotional distress.

Government Tort Liability

• Represented the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) in various personal injury and property damage claims arising from construction activities occurring during the BART extension projects.

Troy McMahan has more than 30 years of experience defending Fortune 500 companies in cases involving premises and products liability claims, toxic tort claims, maritime claims and business disputes involving the improper use of proprietary information. He serves as counsel for multiple corporations and organizations across a broad range of industries including Chevron, Texaco, and Dow.

Troy often acts as jointly retained counsel for multiple industry defendants and has years of experience in structuring and managing such joint defenses.

Troy has extensive experience litigating product and premises liability dockets throughout the U.S. including California. He specializes in toxic tort cases involving claims of contaminants exposure from the workplace or through consumer goods. Troy also has special expertise in product liability defense for automobile manufacturers in cases involving automotive design and manufacture. He has tried jury cases to verdict involving asbestos-containing brake products, and has secured defense verdicts for automobile manufacturers in cases alleging that a defective ignition switch caused a vehicle fire and subsequent property damage, as well as a case alleging violations of the California Song Beverly Consumer Warranty Act. 

Troy has received recognition as a top rated products liability attorney on numerous occasions by Super Lawyers, and he has been invited to be a guest instructor for a course entitled "Depositions - Witness Preparation" at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Feb. 2024).