J. Nixon Daniel III
Senior Partner
Nix Daniel protects individuals and businesses facing liability from professional malpractice, personal injury, products liability and mass torts claims. He is a seasoned trial lawyer who has tried over 100 cases to verdict. Nix excels at courtroom strategy and determining the appropriate path to success in litigation.
Nix has extensive experience litigating medical negligence claims involving a wide variety of injuries; plane crashes involving significant injuries and death, and other catastrophic property and personal injury claims.
He also represents health care providers in insurance reimbursement disputes and other contract litigation; manufacturers and public utilities in commercial disputes; and property owners in claims arising from natural disasters.
Experience
- Successfully defended several hospitals, physicians and accountants in professional malpractice and negligence suits.
- Successfully defended an aircraft manufacturer in several cases alleging wrongful death arising from airplane crashes.
- Won a products liability suit for a manufacturer, whose seatbelts were alleged to be faulty, in a plane crash.
- Secured settlements for multiple hospitals in a contract reimbursement dispute with a major health care insurer.
- Represented hospitals and Indian tribes in mass tort opioid litigation against manufacturers and distributors of the drugs and secured settlements for those clients.
- Obtained settlements on behalf of a school district in mass torts litigation focused on youth vaping against manufacturers and distributors of e-cigarettes.