James Turner

Experienced Litigator @Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Huntington, WV, US

Defended railroad against claims of orthopedic injuries from long-term exposure to occupational risk factors and convinced plaintiffs’ counsel not to put an additional 50 cases into suit that they had previously threatened to do Represented a railroad in over one hundred claims of solvent-induced brain damage. Ten cases were tried, all resulting in defense verdicts. The balance of the case docket was later dismissed on summary judgment following a successful Daubert challenge.Defended chemical manufacturer against claim filed by employee of bronchiolitis obliterans as a consequence of occupational exposure to chemicals including hydrochloric acidDesignated by a railroad as its national coordinating counsel for various categories of occupational illness casesDefended a Jones Act claim in Louisiana in which a career-ending injury was alleged. Succeeded in reasonably resolving the claim prior to the initiation of formal litigation.

West Virginia University College of Law

Doctor of Law (JD)

Washington University in St. Louis

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science