Daniel A. O'Fallon
Experience
- Works almost exclusively on plaintiff’s cases, including product liability cases focusing on drug and medical device litigation, medical negligence and personal injury cases.
Personal
Dan and his wife, Kathy Timm, live in Lino Lakes with their three daughters; Genny, Beth and Brigid. Kathy currently works as an Assistant County Attorney in the civil division of the Anoka County Attorney's Office after more than thirteen years as a juvenile prosecutor for the office. Both Kathy and Dan are active in their local school district, the Centennial School District. Dan and Kathy helped found the Centennial Area Education Foundation, and Kathy continues to serve as a board member. Dan is active with the Centennial Legislative Action Committee. Dan and Kathy also serve as lectures at St. Genevieve's Church. Kathy is an active Girl Scout leader.
Selected Results*
Since 2000:
Spearheaded the firm’s representation of many Minot, North Dakota families injured after they were exposed on January 18, 2002 to a huge cloud of anhydrous ammonia released due to the derailment of a Canadian Pacific train operating over the tracks of its subsidiary, the Minnesota based Soo Line. Read More
In addition, O’Fallon, along with partners Gary Wilson and Bruce Finzen, headed the firm’s representation of over 50 clients injured by St. Jude Medical, Inc.’s Silzone [trademark] heart valves. St. Jude recalled the Silzone valves in January of 2000 due to a reported increase in the number of heart valve removals due to paravalvular leaks.
O’Fallon also evaluates and handles cases involving claims of medical negligence against various medical professionals, hospitals, nursing homes or combination cases involving medical negligence and drugs or medical devices. With Kathleen Flynn Peterson, O’Fallon represented the family of a young boy injured when he fell out of the bleachers while attending a hockey game. The young man died after receiving an overdose of a prescription drug at a local hospital. After extensive discovery, the plaintiff prevailed on a motion to amend the complaint to assert punitive damages against the drug manufacturer. The case settled for a confidential total amount that the parties agreed at the time could be characterized as believed to be the largest in the history of Minnesota for the wrongful death of a child.
Recognition
- Named a "Super Lawyer"**
Minnesota Law & Politics (2006, 2007, 2008)
Memberships
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Association for Justice, State Delegate
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Minnesota Association for Justice, Board of Governors (2000-present)
- Ramsey County Bar Association, Co-chair for "Families First" Event
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Minnesota
- Virginia
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court, Minnesota
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude (1985), Truman Scholar from Montana (1980), Named to the University of Montana Circle of Scholars (1994)
- University of Montana, B.A., with high honors
Articles
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Consumer Alert: ETHEX and KV Pharmaceutical Recall
(February 19, 2009)
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Consumer Alert: FDA Reports Recall of the BioSense Webster LASSO 2515 Variable Circular Mapping Catheter
(February 4, 2009)
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Update: Increased Concern over Mounting Numbers of Reported Deaths and Serious Injuries Prompt the FDA to Order Testing of Medical Devices Containing Heparin
(June 13, 2008)
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Update: FDA Finds Contaminant In Heparin, Which Is Being Investigated for Severe Allergic Reactions and Death
(March 13, 2008)
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Consumer Alert: Baxter's Heparin Investigated for Severe Allergic Reactions and Death
(February 29, 2008)
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Fentanyl Patches Recalled
(February 15, 2008)
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Increased Risk of Blood Clots with Use of Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch New Label Warns
(September 2006)
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New Study Shows Women Using the Ortho Evra Birth-Control Patch Double Risk of Blood Clots Compared With Those Taking Birth-Control Pill
(February 17, 2006)
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Ortho Evra Birth-Control Patch Exposes Women to High Estrogen Levels, Potential Risk of Dangerous Blood Clots
(November 22, 2005)
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Vioxx Pulled Off the Market Because of Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
(Friday, October 1, 2004)
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Tort Reform: Perception Versus Reality
Minnesota Trial Lawyer
(Winter 2003)
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The Recovery of Emotional Distress Damages in Negligence
Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association (Spring 2002) (with Brooke B. Tassoni)
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Minot, North Dakota, Train Derailment
(February, 2002)
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The Future of Products Liability in America
27 William Mitchell Law Rev. 86 (October, 2000) (with Gary Wilson and Vincent Moccio)
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Consumer Alert: St. Jude Heart Valve Replacement and Repair Products
(February 7, 2000)
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Tort Reform, the Jury Questionnaire and Striking Jurors for Cause
Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association (October, 1996)
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Acquiring AIDS Through a Blood Transfusion: A Product Liability Analysis Under United States Law
International Bar Association (October, 1993)
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Drug Overpromotion: When is a Warning Not Enough
Trial Magazine, 1992 (with Martha K. Wivell)
Selected Speeches
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Federal Preemption Update and the Effects in Railroad, Aviation, and Drug and Device Litigation
Minnesota Association for Justice, Minneapolis, Minnesota
(March 26, 2008)
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So You Are in Federal Court - Now What?
MTLA, Arrowwood Resort & Conference Center, Alexandria, Minnesota
(August 9, 2007)
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The Importance of Understanding and Eliminating Bias to the Trial Lawyer
MTLA CLE, MTLA Center for Legal Education, Minneapolis, Minnesota
(May 18, 2007)
- Has lectured and published in the areas of personal injury, medical negligence and products liability.