Mr. Smith concentrates his practice in litigation with significant experience in the defense of automotive, drug and medical device product liability, as well as mass tort environmental litigation and professional liability for physicians, hospitals and long term care facilities. His experience also includes class action, commercial and construction litigation.

Mr. Smith has tried to verdict product liability, professional liability, personal injury and commercial cases in Mississippi state courts as well as in U.S. District Courts for both the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi.

Case Studies

Unanimous Jury Defense Verdict for Ford in Product Liability Trial - Product Liability Litigation
Unanimous Jury Defense Verdict for Nursing Home in Medical Negligence Trial - Medical Negligence Litigation
Unanimous Jury Defense Verdict in Premises Liability Trial - Product Liability Litigation

Representative Trials

Jury verdicts in favor of automobile manufacturer in suits alleging defective design for handling and stability.
Jury verdicts in favor of automobile manufacturer in suits alleging defective occupant restraint systems.
Jury verdicts in favor of automobile manufacturer in suits alleging defective door latch.
Jury verdict in favor of roofing products manufacturer in suit alleging defective warnings and design.
Jury verdict in favor of national restaurant chain in premise liability shooting suit.
Jury verdicts in favor of nursing home in dehydration wrongful death suit.
Jury verdicts in favor of nursing home in abuse and neglect suit.
Jury verdicts in favor of nursing home in Stage IV pressure wound wrongful death suit.
Jury verdicts in favor of automobile manufacturer in suits alleging defective fuel system.
Jury verdict in favor of contractor for highway maintenance in wrongful death suit.
Jury verdict in favor of construction company in suit alleging negligent work.
Jury verdict in favor of pediatric cardiovascular surgeon in suit alleging medical negligence.
Jury verdict in favor of OBGYN in suit alleging medical negligence.
Jury verdict in favor of radiologist in suit alleging medical negligence.

Representative Matters

Served as lead counsel in federal court in a nursing home neglect case in which the plaintiff alleged that the staff's negligent care caused injuries and death of a resident. Obtained a defense verdict after a five-day trial. Plaintiff requested $1.25 million in compensatory damages.
Served as coordinator of defense of over 340 automotive product liability lawsuits in Mississippi for automobile manufacturers.
Served as lead counsel for defense of 43 nursing home personal injury cases.
Served as lead counsel for largest medical malpractice carrier in State of Mississippi.
Served as lead counsel for numerous pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in product liability cases.
Served as lead trial counsel for premises liability defense for national restaurant chain.

Professional Honors & Activities

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^® in Commercial Litigation (since 2011); Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (since 2014); Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (since 2015)
Member – American (Tort and Insurance Practice section), Mississippi (Health Law Section) and Capital
Area Bar Associations
Member – DRI (Drug and Medical Device Committee)
Member – Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Co-Chair – Live Auction Committee, Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi's Bacchus Ball (2009)
Volunteer – Live Auction, Art for Heart (2010)

Publications

"Civil Rules Committee Decides Companies Must Have Right to Choose 30(b)(6) Designees" (April 2019)
Co-author – "Top 10 Ways to Avoid Litigation," McKnight's Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living (April 2014)

Speaking Engagements

"Securing and Enforcing Arbitration Agreements in the Face of Emotional and Legal Roadblocks Specific to Long Term Care," ACI Preventing and Defending Long Term Care Litigation Forum, Miami, FL (April 2011)

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Awards

Practices

Industries

Education

University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 1994, cum laude
- Assistant Editor – Mississippi Law Journal
Baylor University, B.A., 1990

Admissions

Mississippi, 1994
U.S. District Courts for all Districts in Mississippi
U.S. Court of Appeals for 5th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Featured Media

Civil Rules Committee Decides Companies Must Have Right to Choose 30(b)(6) Designees

Publication / April 16, 2019

Press Release / August 15, 2018

Press Release / August 15, 2017

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