Overview
Mark handles product liability and a variety of complex civil cases in state and federal courts throughout the New England region. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and appears, pro hac vice, in Maine, New Hampshire, and Delaware. Representative clients include automakers as well as manufacturers of heavy construction equipment, trains, forklifts, tools, ladders, scaffolding, aerial lift devices, paint, recreational products, and consumer goods. Mark also serves as New England regional local defense counsel in asbestos and toxic tort litigation. Mark also defends drivers and lessors of motor vehicles in trucking and automobile accident cases and advises insurers on insurance coverage issues including prosecution of declaratory judgment actions and the defense of bad faith claims. Over several decades, Mark has tried product liability, premises liability, negligence, insurance coverage, contract and various other types of cases in both state and federal court and has successfully argued before the Connecticut Supreme Court. Mark brings a powerful combination of trial experience, strategic insight, and a practical solutions-oriented approach to complex disputes.
Accreditations
Education
- University of Connecticut, JD 1984
- Providence College, BS, 1981
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- New Hampshire, Pro Hac Vice
- Maine, Pro Hac Vice
- US District Court of Connecticut
- US District Court of Massachusetts
- US District Court of Rhode Island
- US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
Honors
Professional Organizations
- Defense Research Institute
- Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association
- Rhode Island Bar Association
Representative Matters
News
- Haesche v. Kissner, et al., 229 Conn. 213 (1994): A seminal and frequently cited decision of the Connecticut Supreme Court on a manufacturer’s duty to warn in product liability case.
- Koutsoukos v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., 137 Conn.App. 655 (2012): Connecticut Appellate Court held that a plaintiff must produce competent expert testimony to get to a jury in a complex automotive crashworthiness product liability case.
- King v. Volvo Excavators AB, 333 Conn. 283 (2019): Connecticut Supreme Court application of amendments to product liability statute of repose based on product useful safe life.
