DuPont / Corteva Class Action – Notices of Final Judgment

Notices of Final Judgment were mailed out to class members on December 18, 2025. The Notices were also emailed to class members by Plaintiffs’ notice vendor, The BMC Group, Inc. If you are a class member and did not receive your Notice, please email Lisa Salmons at lisa@edwardstonelaw.com. The Notices have also been posted on […]

DuPont Retirement Class Action – Defendants’ Motions to Stay Denied

Cockerill, et al. v. Corteva, Inc. DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC, et al. (Case No. 21-cv-03966-MMB, E.D. Pa.). Defendants’ First Motion for a Stay of Enforcement – DENIED. On June 25, 2025, defendants filed a motion for stay of enforcement of the district court’s final judgment, pending appeal. Plaintiffs response to this motion was filed […]

Another Win for Plaintiffs in DuPont Retirement Case

Cockerill, et al. v. Corteva, Inc. DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC, et al. (Case No. 21-cv-03966-MMB, E.D. Pa.) On March 19, 2025, as this litigation entered the final phase related to remedies for Plaintiffs, the defendants filed a Partial Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Decertify the Rule 23(b)(1) and (2) class action as to […]

DuPont Retirement Class Action Win for Plaintiffs

After a six day bench trial held during June and September, 2024, on December 18, 2024, the Honorable Michael M. Baylson found in Plaintiffs’ favor on Count II (Claim for Benefits and to Clarify Benefits under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) by the Optional Retirement Class), Count IV (Claim for Breach of Fiduciary Duty, 29 U.S.C. […]

Class Certification Granted in Cockerill, et al. v. Corteva, Inc., et al.

On November 17, 2023, the Honorable Michael M. Baylson granted class certification in this litigation. Judge Baylson certified two classes of workers: (i) an early retirement class, consisting of more than 500 individuals, and (ii) an optional retirement class, consisting of several thousand workers. The early retirement class consists of those who were under 50 […]