Susan DuMont

Responded to Notices of Violation (NOVs) for importers of consumer products found to be in violation of standards at U.S. ports.  

Represented a global provider of heating and cooling products on product safety compliance and representation before the CPSC.  

Advised a global provider of residential water heaters on product safety and regulatory compliance, including CPSC and Health Canada investigations, recalls and related pro-ceedings.  

Represented a global sporting goods and equipment company on product safety and regulatory compliance, including CPSC and Health Canada investigations, recalls and related proceedings.

Advised a global technology company on product safety compliance, including matters involving virtual reality and wearable technologies.  

Represented a global provider of children’s toys and games on product safety and regulatory compliance, including CPSC investigations, recalls and related proceedings involving magnet safety and ingestion hazard matters.

Counseled a global manufacturer of high-performance blending products on product safety and regulatory compliance, including CPSC and Health Canada investigations, recalls and related proceedings.  

Counseled a global manufacturer of household cleaning products on product safety and regulatory compliance, including CPSC and Health Canada investigations, recalls, and related proceedings.  

Represented a global manufacturer of household and personal care products, including multiple kitchen appliance brands, on product safety and regulatory compliance, including CPSC and Health Canada investigations, recalls and related proceedings.  

Counseled a global manufacturer of toys and children’s products with multiple brands on product safety and regulatory compliance, including CPSC and Health Canada investigations, recalls and related proceedings.

Represented a global provider of portable heaters on product safety and regulatory compliance, including CPSC and Health Canada investigations, recalls and related proceedings.  

Provided comprehensive product safety and regulatory compliance services to a global manufacturer of power tools and hardware, including representation during CPSC and Health Canada investigations, recalls and related proceedings across a vast array of consumer products and brands. Also served as national coordinating counsel for defense of product liability lawsuits involving power tools.  

Drafted amicus brief to Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals (now the Appellate Court of Maryland) on behalf of an interested non-party in an appeal from a medical malpractice jury verdict, which would have had statewide impact on medical providers and patients. Verdict was reversed on appeal in favor of our client’s position.

Represented a Maryland machinery manufacturer following a catastrophic injury in New Jersey. Plaintiff first filed in New Jersey state court, and the case was removed to federal court. While a motion to dismiss based on New Jersey’s two year statute of limitations was pending in the New Jersey Federal District Court, plaintiff filed an identical case in Maryland, within Maryland’s three-year period of limitations. After obtaining a dismissal order in the New Jersey case, we obtained dismissal of the Maryland case on the basis that it was precluded under principles of res judicata. The Maryland court agreed that an order from the federal court sitting in diversity had the same impact as if a New Jersey state court had issued it, and, under New Jersey law, a dismissal for limitations was a final judgment on the merits, and therefore the Maryland case could not proceed.

Represents national retail stores in range of premise liability cases in state and federal trial courts in Maryland, and have been successful in obtaining favorable settlements or judgments through dispositive motions.