Robert Baker has spent 30 years litigating against manufacturers who put a defective product on the market and hoped no one would notice. As State Liaison Counsel in the defective breast implant MDL, he coordinated claims tied to a failed medical device. His work on personal watercraft cases against Yamaha and Bombardier led to a $39 million jury verdict, the largest ever against a personal watercraft manufacturer, and is credited with forcing worldwide design changes.
That same design-defect approach applies whether the product is an implant cleared by the FDA or a piece of recreational equipment built to industry specifications. Our breakdown of how the law treats defective medical devices and defective watercraft walks through why the two categories share more legal ground than people expect.
Baker Legal Team currently handles claims involving Cartiva toe implants, Tepezza hearing loss, and related mass tort litigation nationwide. Past results, including the $39 million watercraft verdict, do not guarantee a similar outcome in any other case, and manufacturers dispute the allegations at issue in ongoing litigation.