Providing specialized expertise in complex PFAS and ethylene oxide litigation, DLA Piper LLP (US) is recognized as a reference point in the market for advising pharmaceutical, medical device, manufacturing, and consumer product companies. Based in Dallas, Lyn Pruitt frequently acts for domestic and multinational manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and medical device clients on the full remit of product liability matters. Recently, Baltimore-based John Wellschlager served as co-lead counsel for BASF Corporation in a federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) alleging health and environmental damage resulting from PFAS in aqueous film-forming foam. The team also represents BASF in a set of multi-plaintiff cases in Illinois State and federal courts against claims related to alleged ethylene oxide emissions. Ken Murphy is active in the firm’s Philadelphia office, serving as co-trial counsel for B. Braun Medical, Inc. in ethylene oxide litigation and lead counsel for Mead Johnson in baby formula litigation claiming the product caused necrotizing enterocolitis. Adam Baas has left the firm. Jayme Long has left the firm.
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Key clients
- BASF Corporation
- Bayer Corporation
- B. Braun Medical, Inc.
- Danone
- L'Oreal USA, Inc.
- Mead Johnson
- Reckitt Benckiser
- Monsanto Company
- Nurture, Inc.
- Personal Care Products Council (PCPC)
Work highlights
Successful represented B. Braun Medical, Inc. in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, in a case alleging that B. Braun’s Allentown, Pennsylvania, plant released dangerous amounts of ethylene oxide (EtO) both within the plant and in the surrounding community.
Representing BASF in multi-billion-dollar MDL alleging aqueous film-forming foam contains PFAS which the plaintiffs allege are hazardous to human health.
Serving as lead counsel defending BASF in product liability litigation in a set of multi-plaintiff cases in Illinois State and federal courts, involving claims related to alleged ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions from BASF's Gurnee, IL operations.
Practice head
Loren Brown; Ilana Hope Eisenstein; Christopher Campbell; Angela C. Agrusa; Keara Gordon; Isabelle Ord
Other key lawyers
Lyn Pruitt; John Wellschlager; Ken Murphy