Bob Walker is the Litigation Coordinator for the Firm's Cleveland Office. He has extensive trial and litigation experience in product liability, personal injury, insurance coverage, trade secrets, breach of contract, intellectual property, commercial law, ERISA, OSHA, and labor matters. He has defended complex product liability claims in state and federal courts, representing clients in cases in which prescription drugs, chemical systems, automobile components, furnace systems, and other industrial machinery and products were alleged to be defective. In addition, Bob has extensive experience in defending consumer class actions regarding defective products. He also has defended numerous class action and individual claims of violations of ERISA, Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, reverse discrimination, and related tort claims of wrongful discharge.
Bob is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, the Lawyers Committee of the National Center for State Courts, and a barrister with the Manos Inn of Court in Cleveland, Ohio.
Berry, et al. v. Titeflex, et. al., No. CV-2004-211, Clark County Circuit Court Bronze Bushing Co., Inc. v. North American Manufacturing (Ohio Cuy. Cty.; Ohio 8th Dist.) Cairns v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., 802 F. Supp. 152 (N.D. Ohio. 1992), aff'd mem., 62 F.3d 1417 (6th Cir. 1993) Chevron Prods. Co. v. Cascade Distributing, Inc. (N.D. Ohio) City of Cleveland v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company et al. (N.D. Ohio) City of Toledo v. Sherwin-Williams Company Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. The Home Insurance Co. (Ohio Hancock Cty.) Cooper Tire v. Travelers Casualty, Ohio (3d District) Digwamaje, et al. v. IBM Corp., et al. (S.D.N.Y./ MDL) Drage v. Ameritrust Corp. (Ohio Cuy. Cty.; Ohio 8th Dist.; Ohio Supreme Court) Edward Moskal v. Delphi Automotive Systems Corp., Case No. 3:01CV7510 (N.D. Ohio) Geggie v. Cooper Tire (Ohio Hancock Cty.) Gould v. Mitsui (N.D. Ohio; 6th Cir.) Howell v. General Motors Corp. (6th Cir.) Jackson v. Glidden, et al. (Cuy. Cty. Ohio) Lincoln Electric Co. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 1998 WL 261131 (N.D. Ohio), aff'd and rev'd 210 F.3d 672 (6th Cir.) McCrory Corp. v. American Greetings Corp. (S.D.N.Y. Bankr. Ct. ) McGuire v. General Motors Corp. (N.D. Ohio) Meyers v. Deluxe Check Printers, Inc. (N.D. Ohio) Nicholas Furrie v. Delphi, Case No. 4:02CV0215 (N.D. Ohio) Parker-Hannifin v. Dayco (6th Cir.) Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry Local 219 Pension Fund v. Buck Consultants, et al. (N.D. Ohio; 6th Cir.) Redington v. Goodyear (N.D. Ohio) Redington, et al. v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Case No. 07-01999 (N.D. Ohio, July 3, 2007) Sekora v. General Motors Corporation (Ohio Trumbull Cty.; Ohio 11th Dist.; Ohio Supreme Court) Smith v. General Motors Corp. (6th Cir.) Smith Wholesale Co. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 65-6053, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 4254 (6th Cir. Feb. 27, 2007) Tandy Corp. v. Texas Instruments (N.D. Cal.) The Sherwin-Williams Co. v. City of Columbus, 2007 WL 2079774 (S.D. Ohio)
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Travelers Indem. v. Hans Lingl (E.D. Okla.; 10th Cir.) United States ex rel. Eagleye v. TRW Inc., No. C86-1262 (N.D. Ohio) United States ex. rel. Bagley v. TRW, Inc., U.S.D.C., C.D. Cal. Williams v. General Motors Corp. (Delphi) (N.D. Ohio; 6th Cir.) Worley v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (Ohio Hancock Cty.; Ohio 3d Dist.; Ohio Supreme Court) Yeager v. General Motors Corp. (Yeager I), 67 F. Supp. 2d 796 aff'd, 265 F.3d 389, cert denied, No. 01-0990 Advice and Arbitration
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