S. Vance Wittie
vance.wittie dbr.com
Phone:
(469) 357-2537
(469) 357-2537
About
Experience
- Successfully defended appeal of defense verdict in the largest construction defect case tried in the United States.
- Obtained summary judgment in a class action on behalf of the manufacturer in case alleging violations of the Federal Odometer Act.
- Obtained summary judgment on all claims on behalf of automobile manufacturer in consumer class action.
- Obtained reversal of judgment in Pennsylvania asbestos case and successfully urged application to state repose statute to asbestos cases involving improvements to real property.
- Successfully resisted class certification in a pharmaceutical mass tort litigation.
- Obtained the reversal of a class certification order on behalf of an automobile manufacturer.
- Obtained dismissal of a suit alleging “wrongful settlement” by an excess reinsurer.
- Obtained reversal of an order denying arbitration in a reinsurance dispute.
- Successfully prosecuted the appeal for a reinsurer in a complex premium dispute with an agent.
- Obtained affirmation of an order enforcing a Florida judgment in a crop insurance case where defendant contended judgment was not entitled to full faith and credit.
- Obtained (and defended on appeal) summary judgment in a case where the plaintiffs attempted to assert vicarious liability theories against an automobile manufacturer based on negligent acts of dealership employees.
- Successfully defended on appeal summary judgment on behalf of an automobile manufacturer based upon necessity of expert testimony to establish defect.
- Successfully defended a Japanese fishing tackle manufacturer in a claim brought by a local sales representative.
- Obtained abatement of a class action brought against three automobile manufacturers based on primary jurisdiction of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
- Successfully urged on appeal application of tort reform legislation to pending breast implant cases.
- Obtained dismissal of clients in a mass tort litigation alleging occupational exposure.
Credentials
Bar Admissions
- Texas
Education
- Baylor University School of Law, J.D., 1985, cum laude
- Baylor University, B.A., 1983, with distinction
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
Organizations
- Dallas Bar Association