John Dwyer, a partner in the Los Angeles office, and Mercedes Colwin, Managing Partner of the New York office, received a defense verdict in a protracted products liability jury trial involving the operation of a crane. After 4 weeks of trial and an hour and a half deliberation, the jury found there was no design defect, no failure to warn, no breach of implied warranty and no negligence on the part of Gordon ↦ Rees’ client, the manufacturer of the crane.