Kyle E. Bjornlund

Kyle practices in the Toxic Tort Litigation Group of Cetrulo LLP. He is part of a team that represents Fortune 100 companies as local, regional, and national coordinating counsel in toxic tort litigation. Kyle has successfully defended clients in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont in multi-party, multi-jurisdictional, mass tort litigation alleging injuries from exposure to asbestos, lead pigment, benzene, talc, PFAS and radiation. He has also been retained by prospective buyers to perform risk management assessments of the toxic tort liabilities of acquisition “target” companies.

• Brown v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 814 F.3d 619 (2d Cir. 2016) Worked with client, a major aerospace company, to obtain dismissal based on lack of personal jurisdiction in United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, which was upheld in landmark ruling in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
• The Station Nightclub Fire Litigation: Kyle represented a building products manufacturer in the civil litigation arising out of the 2003 fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, involving over 550 plaintiffs, 98 defendants, and a collective settlement of $176 Million.
• Cabasug v. Crane, 989 F. Supp. 2d 1027 (2013) Hawaii Asbestos Litigation: Kyle successfully obtained summary judgment for two defendants in the Hawaii asbestos litigation.
• Danvers Explosion: Kyle successfully represented a chemical company in the civil litigation arising out of a 2006 explosion in Danversport, MA.

Authorships

• Toxic Tort Litigation Guide, Thomson Reuters, 2018-2024.
• Chapter 93A Rights and Remedies, MCLE | New England, October 2022.
• OSHA in the Time of COVID-19: A Call for Enforceable Standards for the Sake of Employees and Employers, The Federal Lawyer, November/December 2020.
• Percolating PFAS, The Federal Lawyer, March/April 2020.
• Epic or Not: The Misplaced Importance of the Supreme Court’s Recent Decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis , The Federal Lawyer, February 2019.
• The Man Behind the Curtain: How Third Party Litigation may be affecting Your Practice, For the Defense Magazine, July 2015.
• Federal MDL Centralization: The Mystique of the Process & Why It Matters, For The Defense Magazine, 2011.
• A ‘Duty’ Too Far? Courts Tackle ‘Component Parts Liability’, American Bar Association, Toxic Torts & Environmental Law Committee Newsletter, Fall/Winter, 2010-2011.
• Donovan: Ominous Portents, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 2009.
• Getting It Right From the Start: Managing BPA Litigation Sensibly, Drawing Lessons From Other Toxic Torts, Defense Research Institute, 2009.

Presentations, Classes & Seminars Taught

• Kyle is the President of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association and the Chair of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association’s Toxic Tort Substantive Law Committee.
• Kyle was recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America® in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
• Kyle was selected by his peers as a Massachusetts Super Lawyers/Rising Star each year from 2009 to 2017.