Claire provides legal counsel to manufacturing companies and service companies in the areas of product liability and premises liability. She defends claims on behalf of companies in slip and fall cases, elevator and escalator cases, manufacturing design and defect cases, negligent maintenance and installation cases, and employment discrimination cases.
Claire has handled hundreds of cases involving product liability, toxic tort, construction defect, and general liability matters. That experience has led her to represent individual personal injury defendants, general contractors, and mechanical subcontractors. Claire also has significant experience representing manufacturers of products including elevators; escalators; automatic doors; commercial appliances; pesticides; respiratory protective equipment; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; public sector entities; and physicians, hospitals, and nursing homes.
Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey, Claire was a shareholder at an insurance defense firm in the New Orleans, Louisiana, area. At that firm she handled construction defect, product liability, premises liability, employment, and toxic tort cases, which included asbestos, silica sand, and mold; and public sector cases.
Claire attended Northwestern State University where she graduated magna cum laude in 1992. She received her juris doctor in 1995 from Boston University School of Law, where she served as an editor of the American Journal of Law and Medicine and was research assistant to Professor Frances Miller. After graduating law school, Claire clerked for Justice Harry T. Lemmon at Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Past Employment Positions
· Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois, Moton, Pfister & Weinstock
· Supreme Court of Louisiana
Year Joined Organization: 2008
Publications
The General Standards of OSHA and ANSI Do Not Preempt State Tort Claims Against Product Manufacturers in Pennsylvania
Defense Digest Article · June 1, 2010
Pennsylvania - Product Liability, Key Points: Do OSHA and ANSI preempt state law tort claims? Can a plaintiff bring a products liability claim alleging that a product contain safeguards in addition to those required by OSHA and..., Defense Digest, Vol. 16, No. 2, June 2010