Feb. 9, 2026
Jury awards $25M in landmark PAM cooking spray liability case
A Los Angeles jury awarded $25 million to a plaintiff who developed severe lung disease after long-term PAM cooking spray use, finding Conagra failed to warn consumers and was fully liable.
In a landmark decision, a Los Angeles jury awarded $25 million to a product liability plaintiff after finding that Conagra Brands Inc. failed to warn consumers about the dangers of its household staple, PAM cooking spray.
The unanimous verdict delivered in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday for Roland Esparza, a client of TorHoerman Law, marks the largest consumer diacetyl verdict in history and the first of its kind involving a consumer product rather than an industrial se...
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