Dorsey Daniel v. Syngenta et al.

Reference :

3:22-cv-01462

Complaint date :

July 11, 2022

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, The Southern District of Illinois

Plaintiffs types :

Farm/rural workers

Plaintiffs names :

Daniel Dorsey

Defendants :

Syngenta, Chevron, FMC Corporation

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Martin D. Crump (Davis & Crump, P.C.), Sarah Shoemake Doles (Levin, Papantonio, Rafferty, Proctor, Buchanan, O'Brien), Khaldoun A. Baghdadi (Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger), Peter J. Flowers (Meyers & Flowers, LLC)

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Jury

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

Herbicide, Paraquat

Requests :

For equitable relief, monetary restitution, and/or compensatory and punitive damages.

Name of the Court :

US District Court of The Southern District of Illinois, United States

Jurisdiction level :

First instance

Summary :

On May 18, 2022, Kentucky resident Dorsey Daniel, who suffered from Parkinson's disease as a result of using Paraquat, which he sprayed on a tobacco farm between the 1980s and 1990s, filed a complaint in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas against the manufacturers and sellers of Paraquat, Syngenta, Chevron and FMC. He filed suit seeking equitable relief, monetary restitution and/or compensatory and punitive damages.

Due to the very large number of claims alleging that Paraquat caused Parkinson's disease, the cases were consolidated. On July 11, 2022, Dorsey Daniel's case was consolidated with others in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (In Re: Paraquat Products Liability Litigation v. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC et al, Lead case: 3:21-md-03004).

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.