About Jake Plattenberger
Jake Plattenberger is a Partner & Attorney at TorHoerman Law LLC in Chicago, where he manages the Chicago office and leads trial teams in nationwide, complex litigations including diacetyl exposure cases, the Incretin Mimetics Products Liability Litigation, and Transvaginal Mesh multidistrict litigations. Born and raised in Chicago, he joined the firm in 2009 after starting his career trying cases at the Richard J. Daley Center, initially doing insurance defense work. Since joining TorHoerman Law, he has taken hundreds of depositions, argued in countless hearings, and tried over thirty-five cases to a jury. He focuses on plaintiff's trial work involving product liability and toxic exposures.
Notable case results
A St. Louis jury awarded $495 million against Abbott Laboratories after finding the company failed to warn that its Similac cow's milk formula could cause necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants.
A Los Angeles jury unanimously held Conagra Brands fully liable and awarded $25 million to Roland Esparza, who developed severe bronchiolitis obliterans after years of daily exposure to butter-flavored PAM cooking spray fumes.
A federal jury in St. Louis awarded $25 million to the parents of a two-year-old girl who drowned after climbing into a Bestway above-ground pool using an exterior nylon strap the manufacturer had built into the design.
A St. Louis jury found diacetyl distributor Elan Chemical Company liable for the debilitating lung disease suffered by two food-flavoring plant workers, returning a $1 million verdict for each man in March 2023.
Margo Gill v. Abbott Laboratories - $495 million verdict (lead counsel); #1 plaintiff verdict in 2024
Esparza v. Conagra - $25 million verdict (diacetyl lung injury)
Pool manufacturer case - $25 million wrongful death verdict
Food flavoring manufacturer - $4.4 million verdict (Ohio)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
