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John S. Lindemann

 

For more than thirty years, John has provided underwriting, coverage, and claims counsel to domestic and international insurers regarding complex risks and high-severity losses. John has over twenty years of “Bermuda Form” experience.

For contested claims, John supports the Client’s claim evaluation efforts and facilitates timely, efficient, and relationship-preserving resolutions. When necessary, John champions the Client’s interests through international arbitration proceedings and/or domestic litigation.

John has handled cases in many state and federal jurisdictions, addressing a wide array of coverage, including: aviation, bankruptcy, construction, corporate governance, directors and officers liability insurance, energy, environmental law, first-party/property insurance, health hazards, mining and mine waste disposal, pharmaceuticals, product liability, professional liability, and public entity liability.

Certain Pending Representative Matters:

Matter

Implicated Coverage

Nature of the Matter

Matter

In Re: Deere & Company
Repair Service Antitrust
Litigation, MDL No. 3030
(N.D. Ill.)

Implicated Coverage

Multiple $25 million policies

Nature of the Matter

Coverage for Personal Injury
and Advertising Injury claims
arising from the alleged
monopolization of the repair
service market for
agricultural equipment with
engine control units.

Matter

Century Indem. Co., et al. v.
Tyco Fire Products LP, et al.,
No. 2022CV000283 (Circuit
Ct. Wisc.)

Implicated Coverage

$125 million

Nature of the Matter

Litigated coverage for
nationwide Personal Injury
and Property Damage claims
arising from the
manufacturing, sale, and use
of Aqueous Film Forming
Foam.

Matter

Tyco Fire Products LP v. AIU
Ins. Co., et al., No. 2:23-cv-
02384 (D. S.C.)

Implicated Coverage

$125 million

Nature of the Matter

Litigated coverage for
nationwide Personal Injury
and Property Damage claims
arising from the
manufacturing, sale, and use
of Aqueous Film Forming
Foam.

Matter

Mattel, Inc. and Fisher-Price,
Inc. v. XL Insurance
America, Inc., et al., No.
N23C-01-042 (Super. Ct. Del.)

Implicated Coverage

Multiple $25 million policies

Nature of the Matter

Litigated coverage for
nationwide Personal Injury
claims arising from the
design, sale, and use of the
Rock N’ Play Sleeper.

Matter

In Re: Dicamba Herbicides
Litigation, MDL No. 2820
(E.D. Mo.)

Implicated Coverage

Aggregate implicated coverage

Nature of the Matter

Coordinating coverage
counsel for multiple
international insurers for
Property Damage claims
arising from the design, sale,
and use of dicamba-based
herbicide and dicamba-
resistant seeds.

Matter

PFAS

Implicated Coverage

Aggregate implicated coverage
in excess of $150 million

 

Nature of the Matter

Coordinating coverage
counsel for multiple domestic
and international insurers for
diverse insureds’ nationwide
PFAS claims.

Recent Representative Matters:

Matter

Implicated Coverage

Nature of the Matter

Matter

Ramirez, et al. v. Monsanto
Company, MDL 2741

Implicated Coverage

Aggregate implicated coverage

Nature of the Matter

Coordinating coverage
counsel for multiple
international insurers for
Personal Injury claims arising
from the design, sale, and use
of glyphosate-based
herbicides (e.g., “Round Up”)
and glyphosate-resistant
seeds.

Matter

Amazon Fulfillment Center
DL14 in Edwardsville, IL

Implicated Coverage

$25 million

Nature of the Matter

Coverage for Personal Injury
claims arising from the
tornado-induced partial
collapse of an Amazon-
affiliated fulfillment center
and delivery station.

Matter

In Re: Proton-Pump Inhibitor
Products Liability Litigation,
MDL 2789 (D. N.J.)

Implicated Coverage

$25 million

Nature of the Matter

Coverage for Personal Injury
claims arising from, among
other things, the design,
marketing, and sale of
proton-pump inhibitor
products.

Matter

Grace v. Textron, Inc., et al.,
No. C-05124-2 (Gwinnett County, GA)

Implicated Coverage

$50 million

Nature of the Matter

Settlement counsel for
Personal Injury claim arising
from use of recreational
off-highway vehicle.

Other Representative Matters

    • Anti-suit injunctions and enforcement of international arbitration provisions
    • London arbitration of pharmaceutical product claims (2015, 2014, 2013) implicating $25
      million policies
    • London arbitration of a Katrina-related oil spill claim (2008) implicating a $200 million
      insurance layer
    • Multiple herbicide related claims implicating $50 million policies
    • Advising counsel on global warming and opioid related claims
    • Natural gas explosion at a manufacturing facility implicating a $20 million policy
    • Grain bin explosion implicating a $20 million policy
    • Deepwater Horizon claims implicating a $250 million insurance layer
    • Public utility natural gas pipeline explosion implicating a $110 million insurance layer
    • Gadolinium-based consumer product liability claims implicating a $100 million policy
    • Multiple pharmaceutical product claims implicating $25 million policies
    • Flood-induced oil spill claim implicating a $50 million polic
    • Fifteen-year litigation of long-tail environmental liabilities arising from legacy multi-
      national hard rock mining operations implicating in excess of $100 million in policies
    • Ten years as coverage counsel for national professional liability program

    Education

    Indiana University, J.D., cum laude

    Indiana University, M.A., (Environmental Law and Policy Analysis)

    Valparaiso University, B.A., with honors and distinction

    Licenses

    Colorado (1992; inactive), Illinois (1993) and Indiana (1993; inactive)

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