Eric Zalud

Biography

ERIC L. ZALUD is chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group,focusing his practice primarily upon commercial litigation; transportation and logistics; e-commerce law; insurance defense, coverage and bad faith matters; and product liability matters including medical device defense. He was named Medmarc Insurance medical device Defense Attorney of

the Year for 2002. Mr. Zalud has successfully litigated a broad array of medical device and pharmaceutical cases that included products such as implantable morphine pumps, cardiac surgery equipment, aortic cannulae, laser hair removal implements, cold packs, loftstrand crutches, ear piercing apparatus, dietary supplements, forceps, thimerosal, wheelchairs, bed rails, blood pressure machines, weight loss devices, home health care equipment, contact lens solutions and home oxygen tanks.Mr. Zalud has litigated or arbitrated matters in 29 states, before state and federal trial and appellate courts in various jurisdictions, and before the Surface Transportation Board, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the United States Olympic Committee.

He has coordinated nationwide product liability litigation for various clients. He also has significant experience in product liability prevention matters. He has served on internal product safety committees for consumer product manufacturers. He has assisted in orchestrating various product recalls. He has authored the warnings and instruction manuals for numerous products, and has reviewed many products in the prototype stage for product safety, adequacy of product testing and product warnings.He has had extensive dealings with the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Federal Trade Commission regarding product safety aspects and liability aspects of advertising relating to various products. Mr. Zalud also has expertise in manufacturing law, dealing with the interrelationships of manufacturers and their suppliers. Mr. Zalud received his A.B. cum laude from Miami University and earned his J.D. in 1985 from Vanderbilt University where he was associate editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. He also attended courses on Public International Law at the International Court of Justice in Den Haag, the Netherlands. Mr. Zalud speaks Spanish and Portuguese and is also licensed to practice in Indiana.

Education

No information available.

Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: OH