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Food Liability Litigation
There is growing media interest in the realm of food product claims and issues. Eckert Seamans’ Food Liability Litigation Group understands the great importance of these “bet the company” cases to our food industry clients. We work with our clients to not only defend claims, but also build a strategy to protect the company and the brand from future lawsuits and to minimize the negative publicity that often follows.
Eckert Seamans attorneys have experience in the law, the economics and the science of food liability litigation. We’ve handled a multitude of food borne pathogen cases ranging from Hepatitis A to E.Coli to Salmonella.
Clients in the food and agricultural industries - from the grower to the plate, including national and regional food retailers, suppliers and processors - rely on Eckert Seamans to advise and represent them in a variety of matters. Along with our knowledge and experience, we have relationships with leading experts in food borne illnesses and professionals associated with outbreak response, including crisis communications specialists, epidemiologists and state and local agencies involved in food safety (e.g. the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)).
The following is a representative sampling of recent food liability cases handled by Eckert Seamans:
·Successfully defended a grower in national litigation from California to Pennsylvania to Tennessee in the largest outbreak ever of Hepatitis A in the United States;
·Successfully defended a major bottling company and restaurants in regard to foreign objects;
·Successfully defended grower regarding E-Coli claims linked to lettuce;
·Successfully defended a manufacturer on Salmonella infection claims.
From the outset, our food liability lawyers treat each case as if it were going to trial. Early case assessment puts the client in the strongest possible position. We help clients protect their business and their brands by avoiding protracted litigation whenever possible. Also, we provide counseling regarding putting into practice Good Agricultural Practices and Good Manufacturing Practices, including counseling retail and dining establishments.
At Eckert Seamans, we consider ourselves to be part of our clients' teams and help answer the daily challenges confronting them.
Our policy is simple: Eckert Seamans values the breadth of perspective and experience that comes with a diverse complement of lawyers and staff. We are a firm with national and international clients and a practice which takes our lawyers into cities and courts across this country and abroad. A diverse workforce not only provides a better understanding of the communities and business environments in which we and our clients operate, but also makes our firm a better place to work. Diversity is, and will continue to be, important to our success.
We actively and continuously examine our policies and practices in order to strengthen those that promote inclusiveness. We work to establish “best practices” in the area of diversity just as we do in all areas of our business. As part of our efforts we also look to best practices developed at other businesses that we can apply at Eckert Seamans.
Eckert Seamans is committed to developing and maintaining a diverse workforce of lawyers and staff. We will continue to work hard to make our workforce reflective of the communities which we serve.
In order to meet our goals, our firm has established a Diversity Committee, which includes lawyers (both members and associates) from a variety of offices and practice groups. The Diversity Committee also includes a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, leading members of our practice groups and managing partners at our offices. The Diversity Committee is charged with coordinating recruitment and retention of female and minority attorneys as well as the development and implementation of policies which foster diversity at all levels of the firm. It works closely with the firm’s Hiring, Associate and Executive Committees.
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or her at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC got this award in 2026
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respected by their peers for high professional achievement and ethical standards.
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