Robert B. Lorea
209 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Tel: 304-414-3192
Fax: 304-342-1110
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Robert B. Lorea
Bob is an experienced trial attorney, whose practice is focused on product liability defense, complex litigation cases, and appellate matters.
Entering his second decade of practice, Bob's approach to litigation is informed by a significant portion of his legal career which he spent defending a major automaker, as well as defending against product liability claims involving serious personal injury and death. Bob is adept at participating in expert depositions, ranging from complex liability experts to highly-specialized medical doctors. With plaintiff award demands often including substantial punitive damages claims, he understand the risks such litigation present to clients.
Bar Admissions
West Virginia, 1997
Memberships and Affiliations
Defense Research Institute, 1997-2007
Prior Experience
Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso, PLLC, Partner, 1997-2007
Adjunct Professor of Labor Law, West Virginia Institute of Technology, 2000-2001
Select Reported Cases
Mrotek v. Coal River Canoe Livery, Ltd., 214 W.Va. 490, 590 S.E.2d 683 (W.Va. 2003) (affirming summary judgment on grounds that plaintiff relying on circumstantial evidence could not establish prima facie case against ski equipment rental company)
Arroyo v. Ford Motor Co., 59 Fed.Appx. 524, 2003 WL 550401, (4th Cir. 2003) (affirming trial court's decision to exclude evidence of plaintiff's expert's testing.)
Beatty v. Ford Motor Co., 212 W.Va. 471, 574 S.E.2d 803 (W. Va. 1997) (affirming summary judgment on grounds that plaintiff could not make a prima facie case in product liability case involving fractured steering component, where defendant offered evidence of alternative causes for plaintiff's accident.)
Hawkins v. Ford Motor Co., 211 W.Va. 487, 566 S.E.2d 624 (W. VA. 2002) (affirming that self insured product manufacturer is not subject to West Virginia laws regulating insurance industry.)
Moser v. Ford Motor Co., 28 Fed.Appx. 168, 2001 WL 1387600, (4th Cir. 2001) (holding that plaintiff's product defect claim regarding manufacturer's choice of restraint system, including plaintiff's negligent warning is preempted by federal law.)
Brady v. Deals on Wheels, Inc., 208 W.Va. 82, 539 S.E.2d 112 (W. Va. 2000) (holding that negligence may not be inferred from mere happening of accident, and that plaintiff may not use “habit” evidence to create inference that driver's accident was due to defect in vehicle's brake system.)
Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court for Northern District of West Virginia, 1997
U.S. District Court for Southern District of West Virginia, 1997
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
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Practice Areas
Consumer Class Actions
Energy and Environment
Insolvency Litigation and Bankruptcy
Litigation
Education & Honors
J.D., 1997
West Virginia University
College of Law
- Moot Court Board
- Moot Court
National Team
B.S., 1991
cum laude
West Virginia
Institute of Technology
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