Exclusively focused on representing plaintiffs, especially in mass tort litigation, Eric Chaffin prides himself on providing unsurpassed professional legal services in pursuit of the specific goals of his clients and their families.
In September 2019, a jury in New Brunswick, New Jersey, ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay $37.2 million in a baby powder lawsuit. Four plaintiffs had filed the lawsuit, claiming J&J should be held liable for failing to warn that their talc-based products could be contaminated with cancer-causin
In October 2019, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) issued a voluntary recall of a single lot of its Baby Powder. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), when testing one sample of that Baby Powder, had discovered sub-trace levels of asbestos, so J&J implemented the recall out…
About a year ago, on February 14, 2019, New York Governor Cuomo signed the New York Child Victims Act into law. It extended the deadline for filing civil lawsuits against child sexual abusers and private or public institutions until a survivor’s 55th birthday. Before that,…
According to a new report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), fewer children are suffering injuries related to their toys. Between 2014 and 2018, there was a decline in the number of injuries associated with all toys, which is good news. The bad…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released new guidelines meant to help increase the safety of vaping products. A 2017 report released by the U.S. Fire Administration showed that between January 2009 and December 31, 2016, there were 195 separate incidents of explosion and…
On November 14, 2019, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) acknowledged a safety recall implemented by Nissan North America. The company is recalling nearly 400,000 vehicles due to a potential issue in the vehicles’ antilock brake system. This is the third recall related…
Back in October 2016, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all talcum powder lawsuits into one court in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Since then, the parties have been working toward preparing a small number of cases…
The FDA recently announced a Class 1 recall—the most serious type of recall—of Ethicon Echelon Flex Endopath surgical staplers. The devices may not work as expected, presenting a risk of serious injuries or even death. The company initiated the recall on October 3, 2019, which…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that medical company Medtronic is recalling over 106,000 catheters in the U.S. The administration has identified this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall, and indicates that use of these devices…
A former senior executive at JUUL Labs, the leading e-cigarette company in the country, has filed a new lawsuit against his former employers. He states that in early 2019, JUUL sent out one million mint-flavored e-cigarette pods knowing they were contaminated, though it is not…
On September 24, 2019, a Delaware woman filed a new Instant Pot pressure cooker lawsuit against Instant Brands, Inc., a Canadian Corporation, and Double Insight, Inc., doing business as Instant Pot Company. The plaintiff claims that after using the Instant Pot, she suffered from serious…
The number of people affected by the mysterious vaping-related lung illness continues to rise. As of October 3, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is aware of 1,080 lung injury cases associated with e-cigarettes or other vaping products. Over 18 deaths have…
