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Orndorff Mowen PLLC is proud to announce the opening of our new Greater Tampa Bay office. We’re thrilled with this expansion, which will allow…
Kelly Calder Mowen
November 18, 2025
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Premises Liability Defense
Key Takeaways: Even when businesses proactively put safety mechanisms in place to prevent personal injury, people continue to file slip-and-fall claims. If someone slips…
Jon B. Orndorff
Apr 29, 2024
Premises Liability Defense
Key Takeaways: Individuals will often blame a commercial entity as being negligent and causing their injuries by claiming one or more accident scenarios, suing…
Jon B. Orndorff
Feb 23, 2024
Toxic Tort
The initiation of an asbestos exposure lawsuit can introduce significant challenges to a company. These lawsuits not only bring forth legal complications but also…
Jon B. Orndorff
Jan 10, 2024
Product Liability
According to a study by the Insurance Information Institute, the average award in a personal injury product liability lawsuit was over $7 million in…
Jon B. Orndorff
Jan 9, 2024
Product Liability
When a product liability claim is brought up, it can very quickly turn expensive for the company it is against. Product liability could be…
Jon B. Orndorff
Jan 5, 2024
Product Liability
Key Takeaways: Product liability pertains to injuries purportedly resulting from flawed products. Manufacturers must provide specific, clear, and conspicuous instructions and warnings, fulfilling their…
Jon B. Orndorff
Jan 5, 2024
Product Liability
Key Takeaways: In pharmaceutical litigation cases, your defense to charges may include the learned intermediary doctrine, altered product, assumption of risk, or unrelated factors…
Jon B. Orndorff
Jan 5, 2024
Toxic Tort
Early research has determined that approximately 97 percent of all Americans have perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their blood. As more studies emerge…
Jon B. Orndorff
Jan 5, 2024
Toxic Tort
As our society’s scientific understanding of chemicals develops, we sometimes learn substances previously thought to be harmless are toxic to some degree. Unfortunately, this…
Jon B. Orndorff
Nov 21, 2023
Product Liability
In 2020, the average personal injury award in product liability cases was over $7 million. A product liability lawsuit can be catastrophic to small…
Jon B. Orndorff
Aug 16, 2023
Toxic Tort
If your company utilized ethylene oxide (EO), you have likely been following the EPA news. In recent years, a noticeable rise has occurred in…
Jon B. Orndorff
Aug 15, 2023