Kevin Young

Practice Areas

• Insurance

• Business Litigation

• Insurance Class Action Litigation

• Construction

• Mass Tort & Product Liability

• Privacy & Data Security

Career

Kevin Young has 40 years of experience defending clients in complex insurance coverage cases, class actions, product liability defense, and contract disputes. He leads an active practice representing primarily insurance carriers in complex coverage issues and extra-contractual matters. Kevin has successfully resolved a myriad of coverage cases arising from issues such as the interpretation of commercial general liability policies, director and officer policies, property policies, professional liability policies, employment practices liability, errors and omissions policies, malicious product tampering/accidental product contamination, and kidnap and ransom coverage. He has been a “go to” counsel for several insurance carriers involved in business interruption claims arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also experienced in defending insurance class actions, Kevin has successfully resolved suits involving numerous claims arising from allegations of defective product manufacture. He has litigated construction and business contract claims involving Cleveland’s sports stadiums and schools, as well as other public and private construction projects. Since 2013, Kevin has been the co-author of Ohio Insurance Coverage, published by Thomson Reuters and available on Westlaw. Kevin is also an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.