Baiocco, Dana

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Dana Baiocco's practice areas include products liability, mass tort defense litigation, and aviation litigation and counseling. Clients describe Dana Baiocco as a "very tough litigator," who "provides efficient and effective legal counsel relative to some very difficult situations."

Dana, a licensed pilot, is defense counsel for Parker Hannifin Corporation in its aviation component part product litigation. She led the Parker team to victory in Brewer, et al. v. Dodson, et al. (aff'd, 9th Cir.) and its state court companion case, Vandeventer v. Dodson, cases arising out of a general aviation crash in Oregon. Dana is currently defending Yamaha in its Rhino products liability litigation nationwide. She is a member of Jones Day's Product Response Team, a multidisciplinary group of Jones Day lawyers prepared to respond in recall or crisis situations.

In 2007 and 2009, Dana was named by The Legal 500 as a leading U.S. lawyer in the product liability and mass tort defense category for aerospace/aviation. American Lawyer Media selected her as one of 35 Pennsylvania lawyers named "2005 Lawyers on the Fast Track." In 2005, 2006, and 2007, Philadelphia Magazine, and Law & Politics named her as a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Rising Star." She was recently honored as an Allegheny County Bar Foundation Fellow. Dana is chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's House of Delegates.

Dana completed two summer law programs at Cambridge University in England, where she received instruction from the late United States Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (Summer 1995) and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Summer 1994).

Areas of Practice

• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Trial Practice
• Privacy & Data Security
• Product Response Team
• Airlines & Aviation
• Class Action Litigation

Representative Cases

• Forgital successfully defends against age discrimination claim
• Lehman Brothers obtains summary judgment in NASD arbitration , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin defends aviation action involving crash of USAir Flight 427 near Pittsburgh , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin dismissed from Missouri case alleging liability and negligence in fatal plane crash , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin jury finds no liability for punitive damages in aviation case involving plane carrying former Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin obtains non-suit with prejudice in wrongful death action stemming from single-engine Cessna crash , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin settles during appeal claims filed in wake of SilkAir crash , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin wins Ninth Circuit dismissal of wrongful death claims involving single-engine plane crash , (2009)
• SSB Machinenbau defends against wrongful death and product liability litigation arising out of industrial machine accident
• Swissair defends action relating to crash of airliner off coast of Nova Scotia , (2009)
• Temple Inland defends against six wrongful death and personal injury actions arising out of explosion at particleboard manufacturing plant
• Textron obtains dismissals in silica exposure cases

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Military & Veterans Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Pharmaceutical Products, Products Liability Law, Recreational Products, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Tobacco, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

Education

• Duquesne University
• Ohio Univ- Athens

Published Works

• The Americanization of Aviation Claims, Practice Perspectives: Product Liability & Tort Litigation, 2007
• Runway Safety and Airport Operations: Are You Responsible, The Public Record, 2006
• Learning "Plane" English Can Help Lawyers in Aviation Litigation, Pittsburgh Business Times, 2006
• Implementing the Montreal Accord: Practical Implications of the Aviation Liability Treaty, Airline Business Report White Paper 2004: Charting a Course to Meet Today's Market Challenges, 2004
• The Significance of Other Accidents in Aviation Trials, Aviation Litigation Quarterly, 2004
• Excluding NTSB Final Aircraft Accident Reports and FAA Airworthiness Directives at Trial, Air and Space Lawyer, 2003

Address

500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2514

Phones

1.412.394.7229 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.412.394.7959 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

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