Peter Masaitis is a partner in the Products Liability Group of Alston & Bird’s Los Angeles office, alston.com/professionals/peter-masaitis. His practice focuses on complex business litigation matters, and he has defended several lawsuits alleging injury from diacetyl exposure.
“Popcorn lung” is a term one doesn’t readily forget. It is the euphemism often used for the medical condition bronchiolitis obliterans, a rare, irreversible obstructive lung disease that can necessitate a lung transplant. For the snack industry, manufacturers producing microwave popcorn and the companies supplying diacetyl to those manufacturers, it has become a serious concern during the past decade.
