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 October 2016, the FDA warned that surgery with LivaNova PLC Stockert 3T heating-cooling devices had been linked to serious and potentially deadly infections. Recent reports, however, have indicated that it’s not only this particular device that may be to blame. At least four other…
This Sunday I will be speaking on CBS Pittsburgh’s The Sunday Business Page at 6:30am (Eastern Time) about the prosecution of Takata for its recalled airbags, as well as the pending lawsuits against the company. Last week Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a $1 billion…
An Iowa woman has filed a new Stockert 3T heater-cooler device lawsuit in the Southern District of Iowa. The case was filed on August 22, 2016, and names manufacturer LivaNova PLC, formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH, as defendant, along with the Sorin Group. The plaintiff…
The Takata air bag recall started as a limited set of focused recalls and regional field actions a few years ago, and has now expanded to become the largest recall campaign in U.S. history, affecting millions of vehicles. What caused this issue to get so…
Military families face unique hardships. Not only are they often separated from their loved ones for extended periods of time, they may also have to deal with financial difficulties, emotional challenges, and difficult conditions like posttraumatic stress disorder, serious injuries, and paralysis. I
Service dogs can be lifesavers for veterans returning from military service with physical and emotional injuries. More than 2 million vets have been deployed to combat zones in recent conflicts, and an estimated 13–20 percent returned with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while many others s
Honda has announced that it’s recalling over 650,000 more vehicles—this time, in Japan—because of potentially defective Takata air bags. That will raise the total number of Hondas recalled because of these air bags to about 51 million worldwide. The automaker said the recall is part…
In November 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urged the Mayor of Hoosick Falls, New York, to warn residents that the toxic chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) had been found at concerning levels in the groundwater. They also recommended that bottled water be provided to residents…
In 2015, The National Safety Council (NSC) estimated that 38,300 people were killed and 4.4 million injured on U.S. roads—the largest one-year percentage increase in half a century. The number of deaths rose 8 percent over what they were in 2014, compared with a less…
On August 22, 2016, a California woman filed a new Cook IVC filter lawsuit in the Central District of California. She named Cook Medical as the defendants. The plaintiff asserts that after being implanted with a Cook IVC filter, she suffered serious injuries. She seeks…
Over two years ago, all federally filed testosterone replacement lawsuits were consolidated into the Northern District of Illinois. Since then, both sides have been working toward selecting a small number of cases to go to trial first. These are called “bellwether” trials and may provide…
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a total of 3,660 people died in large truck crashes in 2014. Sixteen percent of these were truck occupants, but the majority—68 percent—were occupants of other passenger vehicles. Fifteen percent were pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorc
