Josh’s extensive record litigating high-exposure disputes includes:

• Representing an oil company in hazardous spill incident from a fuel line failure with significant spill contamination, local and state agency response measures, property damage, clean-up costs and stigma claims
• Counseling for a land developer in a remediation dispute with a real-estate investment trust involving historic fill materials from coal ash operations
• Defending an electrical contractor for transformer oil contamination arising from explosion at power generating facility
• Litigating an indemnity action involving regulatory fines and land-development issues involving the EPA, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and other local agencies and responders
• Obtaining a seminal decision from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, preempting an action for wrongful death under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act

Josh arbitrated an insurance carrier dispute for construction-based claims, established key witness testimony that went unrebutted, and obtained indemnification for the developer.

Josh regularly litigates toxic tort matters, including lead paint cases and asbestos claims. His successes in this area include defending an inspection company in an action for severe cognitive injuries as a result of alleged exposure to lead paint after gathering testimony prior to trial to establish that the results for testing on metal substrates were inconclusive.