James H. "Jim" Rotondo
– Partner
Professional Experience
Jim Rotondo represents a broad range of corporate clients in product liability, negligence, insurance coverage, and commercial litigation matters. He has tried cases to verdict in state and federal courts in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Jim brings his product liability experience to the firm's multi-disciplinary Nanotechnology practice group. Jim also serves as co-chair of the firm's Commercial Litigation department.
- Jury verdict of $18.3 million in favor of clients in a property damage action arising out of the explosion of industrial equipment; verdict upheld on appeal, Bodycote IMT, Inc. v. Nalco Co., 2009 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 868 (2009)
- Jury verdict in favor of client in case involving collapse of suspended scaffold that resulted in two deaths
- Jury verdict in favor of client distributor of allegedly defective kerosene heater that resulted in significant burn injuries to the plaintiff
- Jury verdict in favor of insurer in an action arising out of the denial of a disability claim
- Representation of an insurer in an insurance coverage case arising out of a series of product liability cases against its insured; after extensive discovery involving the production of millions of pages of documents and scores of depositions, the case was resolved favorably to our client through "baseball" arbitration
- Represented disability insurance carrier in putative ERISA class action, successfully arguing that plaintiff failed to exhaust remedies with respect to class based claims; Peck v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 464 F. Supp. 2d (D. Conn. 2006)
- Represented disability insurance carrier in putative ERISA class action, successfully arguing that New York state law limitation on pre-existing condition provision did not apply because the choice of law provision need not be included in the Summary Plan Description, the absence of the choice of law provision in the Summary Plan Description did not prejudice the plaintiff, and even if New York law applied to the choice of law issue, New York law did not compel the application of New York substantive law; Woloshin v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 2010 W.L. 723667 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)
News, Publications & Presentations |
- Featured, "Fifty-Six Day Pitney Partners Recognized as New England Super Lawyers," Day Pitney Press Release, October 30, 2009
- Featured, "Day Pitney Wins More Than $30 Million for Client in Complex Products Liability Matter," Day Pitney Press Release, July 29, 2009
- Co-author, "New Medicare Reporting Requirements," Day Pitney Alert, June 10, 2009
- Co-author, "Expert Witness Selection, The Potential Impact of Discovery," Law Journal Newsletters Product Liability Law & Strategy, January 2009
- Co-author, "Exploring the Status of the Obvious Danger Doctrine in Failure-to-Warn Cases," LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy, April 2007
- Co-author, "Liability Without Harm: Is There a New Source of Catastrophic Liability Lurking Within Your State's Consumer Protection Statute? - Part Two," LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy Newsletter, October 2006
- Co-author, "Liability Without Harm: Is There a New Source of Catastrophic Liability Lurking Within Your State's Consumer Protection Statute? - Part One," LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy Newsletter, September 2006
- Co-author, "Nanotechnology," American Bar Association's Products Liability Litigation Committee Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 3, Summer 2006
- Speaker, "Deal with No Injury Cases," Hartford, CT March 29, 2006
- Speaker, "Leading Questions and Child Witnesses," DRI Product Liability Conference Children's Products Workshop, Las Vegas, NV, February 8, 2006
- Presentation, "Globalization of Product Litigation-Forum Non Conveniens: You May Not Be In Kansas Anymore," Product Liability Advisory Council 2005 Fall Conference, October 26-28, 2005
- "Leading Questions and Child Witnesses," LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy, October 2005
- Co-author, "Digital Images: Don't Blink or You Will Miss Them," LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy, March 2005
- Co-author, "Sharing Information With Auditors Could Increase Risk of Waiving Privileges," New England In-House, October 2004
- Co-author, "Former Government Employees as Opposing Expert Witnesses," LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy, August 2004
- Co-author, "Psychological Disorders: Understanding the Criteria for Admissibility of Expert Opinion," LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy, November 2003
- Co-author, "When It's OK to Demolish the Evidence: Tactics for Destructive Examination and Testing," JLN's Product Liability Law & Strategy, August 2003
- Speaker, "Foreign Discovery," ABA/Products Liability Midyear Committee Meeting, Orland, FL, March 21-23, 2003
- Co-author, "Testimony of Life Care Planning Experts Raises Daubert Evidentiary Issues," LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy, September 2002
- Co-author, "Connecticut Product Liability Law," West Hartford: Atlantic Law Book Company, 1998
- Co-author, "The Preclusive Effect of the Connecticut Product Liability Act On Connecticut Unfair Trade Practice Act Claims," 70 Conn. B.J., 333, January 1996
- Co-author, "Third-party Practice Under Connecticut's Product Liability Act," 26 Conn. L. Rev. 611, 1994
- Co-author, "Product Liability chapter of the Connecticut Lawyer's Deskbook," 1998-1999
- Boston University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1981, editor, Boston University Law Review, 1979-1981
- Trinity College, B.S., 1978
- State of Connecticut
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Professional Affiliations |
- Product Liability Advisory Council, member
- Trial Attorneys of America
- LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy, editorial board
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Product Liability Committee Newsletter, lead editor
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Product Liability Committee, Chemicals and Industrial Equipment Subcommittee (1993-1996 and 1999-2003), co-chair, 1993-1996 and 1999-2003
- Oliver Ellsworth Inns of Court, emeritus
- Defense Research Institute
- Recognized as a Connecticut Super Lawyer, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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