he Dallas, Texas law firm of Fanning, Harper & Martinson, P.C., has litigated general liability matters for insurance companies, businesses, and governmental entities throughout Texas for nearly forty years.  With broad general liability experience, we provide a practical, aggressive approach to our clients’ litigation needs.  Our firm provides an early analysis of your liability issues and aggressively defends your case.

Fanning, Harper & Martinson believes that legal success grows from personal success.  The ethical standards we have established for ourselves both professionally and personally ensure we represent your interests with the highest level of integrity, while aggressively advocating on your behalf.

Our Litigation Roots

Our firm has built a reputation as effective trial attorneys with a long history in the insurance defense practice.  Representing a number of insurance companies in claims arising under auto, homeowners, and comprehensive general liability policies, we have developed a broad basis for defense of nearly any liability claim.  We have extensive experience defending manufacturers, distributors, and retailers involved in claims pertaining to product defects; owners or tenants of residential and commercial properties sued for injuries sustained on the premises; and individuals involved in automobile or trucking accidents.  We believe our insurance roots, along with the broad general liability experience that comes with it, are crucial to the defense of all legal claims.

Our Governmental Defense Practice

Our practice includes the defense of local governmental entities such as school districts, counties, cities, appraisal districts, and community college districts.  We represent public officials such as superintendents, principals, teachers, school administrators, sheriffs, deputies, chiefs of police, police officers, county judges, county commissioners, district attorneys, county treasurers, county clerks, and justices of the peace.  The same core principles that enable us to excel in insurance defense and general liability litigation lend themselves to the defense of local governmental entities and local government officials and employees.  Our attorneys have a defense-oriented litigation focus with a wealth of experience in a wide variety of federal civil rights cases brought under §1983, Title VII, ADA, and FHA.  Our governmental defense practice includes a heavy emphasis on civil rights, employment and Tort Claims Act cases.

Our Environmental, Pharmaceutical, Toxic, and Mass Tort Defense Practice

We place a considerable emphasis in our practice on the areas of environmental litigation and related insurance coverage litigation, pharmaceutical liabilities, toxic torts, and multiple-party tort litigation.  We defend cases involving liability for alleged toxic substance releases, contamination or exposure and resulting injuries, alleged injuries arising out of the use of pharmaceutical products such as breast implants and Fen Phen, and defense of manufacturers, distributors and retailers of products that are the subject of asbestos and silica litigation.  Our preparation and team approach to these and other matters allow us to efficiently and effectively handle any matter involving multiple plaintiffs or multiple defendants, including class action suits.  Regardless of the size of the case or the number of parties, Fanning, Harper & Martinson has the ability and resources to manage and defend these cases.

Our Business and Commercial Law Practice

Having gained a broad familiarity with general liability issues through the representation of insurance companies and their policyholders, Fanning, Harper & Martinson is ideally suited to represent large and small businesses with all their commercial disputes and litigation needs.  Through our experience, our attorneys have gained a vast knowledge of the business world’s needs and litigation exposure.  Our attorneys have honed their litigation skills to provide your business with a results-oriented approach in a variety of legal areas, from employment disputes, contract disputes, dissolutions, RICO, factoring agreements, fiduciary disputes, libel and slander, and general liability issues.  We will provide you with strong results-oriented representation in any commercial and business litigation dispute.

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