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An
outbreak of a severe lung disease has occurred
among workers exposed to artificial butter flavoring at factories producing microwave
popcorn.
Click
here to contact attorneys and lawyers for
microwave popcorn and other snack industry workers
with lung injuries. |
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| Below is a partial list of factories in the U.S. that reportedly produce microwave popcorn and other snack foods using butter flavoring agents. This list is not meant to imply that any workers at these plants have been injured by exposure to artificial butter flavoring. |
California
Carmi Flavors and Fragrances, Commerce; Conagra Grocery Products, Irvine; Gaslamp Popcorn
Company, San Diego; Mastertaste, Commerce; Mission Flavors and Fragrances, Foothill Ranch; Western Flavors and Fragrances, Livermore;
Connecticut
Lincoln Snacks Company, Stamford; Newman's Own,
Westport
Florida
Barnard Nut Company, Miami; Mastertaste, Lakeland & Planet City.
Illinois
Cornfields, Gurnee; Gilster-Mary Lee Corp.,
Chester; Lee Gilster-Mary Corp., Momence; Tee
Lee Popcorn, Shannon
Indiana
Amish Country Popcorn, Berne; Ellis Popcorn
Co., West Terre Haute; Family Time Popcorn,
Inc., Valparaiso; Gettelfinger Popcorn, Palmyra;
Jones Popcorn, New Albany; Kirk's Popcorn Co.,
Topeka; Vogel Popcorn, Corydon; Weaver Popcorn
Co., Markle, Crawfordsville, Huntingburg, Van
Buren, Indianapolis & New Richmond; Yoder
Popcorn Inc., Topeka
Iowa
American Pop Corn Co., Sioux City; Conagra Foods,
Hamburg; Manson Industries, Manson; Noble Distributor,
Sac City
Kentucky
Ellis Popcorn Company, Murray
Massachusetts
New England Pretzel & Popcorn, Lawrence
Minnesota
Conagra Foods, Minneapolis
Missouri
Mary Lee Packaging Corp., Perryville; Mastertaste, Fenton & Greenville.
Nebraska
Lincoln Snacks Company, Lincoln
New Jersey
Mastertaste, Clark & Teterboro.
Pennsylvania
Reist Popcorn Company, Mount Joy
South
Carolina
International Cup Corp., Bennettsville; Soller,
Bennettsville
Tennessee
Mastertaste, Crossville.
Wisconsin
Mastertaste, Waunakee.
Canada
Mastertaste, Granby
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| Lieff
Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is a national law
firm of over fifty attorneys with offices located in Nashville,
San Francisco and New York.
Please visit our home page to read
the latest update on popcorn workers lung injuries and lawsuits. |
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following is a partial list of our attorneys who represent
clients in injury cases. |
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Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is one of
the largest law firms in the nation that represents
only plaintiffs. We have a team of personal injury
lawyers, assisted by multiple nurses, scientific
advisors and medical experts, dedicated to advancing
our clients interests, including clients that have
suffered permanent lung injuries. We are currently
representing workers with "popcorn workers"
lung disease. |
| For the last six years,
the National Law
Journal has selected
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in the nation. We have represented thousands of
persons in personal injury lawsuits across America,
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we offer clients with personal injuries, please
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Cabraser attorneys provide legal advice and practice
law for clients in federal courts throughout the
United States and in state courts where we are licensed
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states where we are not licensed to practice, we
have affiliations with local attorneys who serve
as co-counsel with our firm, including attorneys
throughout the midwest. For example, in Indiana,
we are associated with the Indiana law firm of Cohen
& Malad, LLP in this litigation. In Missouri,
we are associated with attorney Kenneth B. McClain
of the law firm Humphrey, Farrington & McClain,
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"More workers file lawsuits over popcorn flavoring"
April 17, 2009, Associated Press
Dozens of plant workers who claim their health was damaged by exposure to a chemical used to give a buttery flavor to microwave popcorn have filed lawsuits in Cincinnati against makers of the flavoring. At least 43 workers filed lawsuits claiming their lungs were irreversibly damaged by inhaling fumes from the chemical diacetyl, which provides the buttery taste. More...
To read more press articles on the Popcorn
Lung litigation, click here.
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| In 2007, Lieff Cabraser
attorneys, with local co-counsel, obtained a $50
million verdict against Daimler Chrysler in
a wrongful death action. Our firm has participated
in over thirty-five $100 million-plus settlements
and verdicts, including ten
cases in excess of $1 billion. |
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