Heather Ross, Associate
HRoss@wegmanlaw.com
WEGMAN, HESSLER & VANDERBURG
Suite 200
6055 Rockside Woods Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44131

Telephone: (216) 642-3342
Facsimile: (216) 642-8826
 
Product Liability Defense • Litigation

Practice Area Activities
 

  • Defense representation on contract and insurance and product liability claims.
  • Advise on regulatory compliance and environmental law issues.
  • Extensive experience in consumer litigation defense with focus upon product liability claims and consumer sales practices claims.
  • Multiple class action defense litigation.
  • Insurance coverage and recovery, including securing coverage from excess and umbrella carriers.

Representative Matters
 

  • Assist manufacturing client in its dealings with the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) pertaining to Consumer Incident Reports and Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA).
  • Environmental law, with focus on Clean Air Act and off-road applications for both U.S. EPA and California Air Resource Board (CARB).
  • Successfully secured excess insurance coverage after full reservation of rights issued by insurer.
  • Assisted in securing successful settlement with EPA and the United States Department of Justice arising from allegations of importing alleged non-compliant products. 

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio, 1999
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 2004

Education

  • J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, cum laude, 1999
  • B.S. B.A., Bowling Green State University, 1993

Membership / Honors / Awards

  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Cleveland Marshall Alumni Association