More personal injury litigation highlights of 2010 
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 6, 2011
Tags: asbestos, defective design, diacetyl, Engle litigation, Ford, nursing home, popcorn lung disease, rollover, second-hand asbestos, sudden unintended acceleration, Taser, tobacco, Toyota
In addition to a wide array of drug litigation, 2010 brought verdicts and settlements involving a number of other products, including Toyota vehicles, asbestos and tobacco. Here is a look at some of the highlights from the year just past.
California sets standards for ‘popcorn’ lung chemical
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: December 20, 2010
Tags: diacetyl, popcorn lung disease
California has become the first state in the country to implement safety standards for employees who work with diacetyl, a chemical used in butter flavoring.
Jury awards $30.4 million in popcorn lung case
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 27, 2010
Tags: diacetyl, popcorn lung disease, verdicts
In what is believed to be the largest individual verdict in a popcorn lung disease case, a Chicago jury has awarded $30.4 million to a plant worker who was exposed to the butter flavoring chemical diacetyl, causing irreversible lung damage.
‘Popcorn lung’ plaintiff can’t show causation
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 26, 2010
Tags: diacetyl, product liability, “popcorn lung”
A product liability plaintiff lacked an expert sufficiently qualified to link a serious lung disease to an individual’s consumption of microwave popcorn, a U.S. District Court in Washington has ruled in granting a dismissal.
Jury awards $8M to victim of ‘popcorn’ lung disease
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: March 17, 2009
Tags: diacetyl, popcorn lung disease
A federal jury in Iowa has awarded $8 million to a man who worked at a microwave popcorn plant and developed a lung disease caused by a chemical in the artificial butter flavor.
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