Angel Dorsey

Experience

Environmental & Product Liability

• Penumbra Catheter Recall -  Investigating cases of patients who underwent a procedure to remove a clot from their brain and suffered a catastrophic brain bleed or death. 
• Talcum Powder Litigation -  Investigating and filing cases on behalf of women who purchased and used Johnson & Johnson and/or Shower to Shower talcum powder and were diagnosed with ovarian cancer.  
• IVC Filters Litigation - Investigating and filing cases on behalf of clients who had an IVC filter manufactured by C.R. Bard, Inc., Cook Medical, Inc., and Cordis Corporation who suffered an injury because of the defective IVC filter.  
• Zofran Litigation - Filed cases on behalf of mothers who were prescribed the anti-nausea medication Zofran during their first trimester of pregnancy and delivered children who suffered birth defects.  
• Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming Liability Litigation -  Filed cases on behalf of clients who had a Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming device used during a hip or knee implant procedure and later developed an infection originating in the implant location that resulted in additional medical treatment and/or death. 
• City of Philadelphia v. Polymer80, Inc. and JSD Supply, Inc. - Representing the City of Philadelphia, in partnership with the Giffords Law Center, in a lawsuit against defendants Polymer80, Inc. and JSD Supply, which are among the largest suppliers of ghost guns confiscated in Philadelphia, alleging that the named distributors have contributed to the gun violence crisis and threatened the public’s right to health and safety by marketing, selling, and dispersing unserialized ghost guns into Philadelphia.
• Bell v. Al-Khatib - In an important environmental justice case, Hausfeld, along with the Public Interest Law Center, filed a complaint on behalf of a group of Philadelphia residents against an auto body shop for its unlawful operations resulting in nuisance and trespass in their neighborhood, which has been designated by the EPA as an “environmental justice community.” This litigation—focused on just one of scores of auto-related businesses operating improperly in low income communities of color in Southwest Philadelphia—concluded in a swift and favorable settlement including the elimination of the nuisance and the removal of the unlawfully operating business from the property.

Human Rights

• Padre et al. v. MVM - Hausfeld represents families that were unlawfully separated pursuant to the unconstitutional family separation policy implemented during the first Trump administration. The defendant in this class action lawsuit is MVM, Inc., the private security contractor that transported thousands of migrant children away from their parents. The plaintiffs bring human rights claims for enforced disappearance, torture, and cruel and inhumane treatment under the Alien Tort Statute, among other claims.