Miami attorneys Erica Rutner and Jonathan Williams of Lash & Goldberg, and Edward Soto of Weil Gotshal & Manges led a team of attorneys in warding off a putative class-action lawsuit against Pompano-based manufacturer Dometic Corp. over claims its refrigerators contained a design defect that caused them to leak flammable gases.

Dometic makes products for recreational vehicles, including gas-absorption refrigerators, popular with travelers because they don’t need to be plugged in to work. But in 2006 and 2008, the company recalled some of its refrigerators, having discovered that under certain conditions the release of a coolant could result in fires.