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.
Patients diagnosed with septic shock are seriously ill. Without immediate and effective treatment, they can easily succumb to organ failure and death. This was Connecticut resident Vivian Gagliano’s diagnosis in 2008, after she went through what was supposed to be a routine hernia operation. The…
You start feeling sick and the symptoms aren’t improving so you go to your doctor. Your doctor hands you a prescription for an antibiotic and you promptly get it filled at your local pharmacy so you can start taking it immediately. Do you check the…
In 2013, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine reported that prescriptions for testosterone therapy products increased threefold between 2001 and 2011. Among all new users of the drugs, more than a quarter had not had their testosterone levels checked before starting the treatment. Recent…
You may have a loved one currently residing in a nursing home. You want them to get the best care possible, but sometimes that doesn’t happen. According to a new study published on June 23, 2014 in JAMA Internal Medicine, out of 60, 111 patients,…
A new report recently released by the Acetaminophen Awareness Coalition (AAC) seeks to increase awareness of the potential dangers of taking too much acetaminophen (Tylenol). An acetaminophen overdose remains the leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S. In January 2014, the FDA released…
Consumer Reports is advising against using spray sunscreen on your children. It found that some contain certain chemicals that can be detrimental to a child if inhaled such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. The FDA announced plans to investigate all sunscreens in 2011 to…
On June 7, 2014, former Saturday Night Live comedian Tracy Morgan was traveling in a limo bus near Trenton, New Jersey, when he was involved in a six-car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) preliminary report, he…
Now that all federal testosterone lawsuits have been consolidated in the Northern District of Illinois, lawmakers are seeking coordination between state courts and the new MDL. Testosterone replacement therapy manufacturers AbbVie and Abbott Laboratories (AndroGel) requested the federal court discus
On June 6, 2014, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered all federal lawsuits concerning testosterone replacement products (like AndroGel and Testim) be centralized into one court in the Northern District of Illinois. The panel determined that though some manufacturers hav
On July 1, 2014, CBS reported that a Mexican food truck had exploded in a northeast Philadelphia neighborhood, injuring thirteen people, two critically. Flames shot 200 feet into the air, with parts of the truck flying across the street. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette later noted that…
Federal Judge Rebecca Doherty found that Takeda Pharmaceuticals acted in “bad faith” when it got rid of documents pertaining to Actos. Actos is used to treat Type 2 diabetes. In a June 2014 ruling, the “Court finds Takeda acted in bad faith as to the…
A Pennsylvania judge signed an order on June 10, 2014 denying a motion to dismiss a case against Johnson & Johnson involving the wrongful death of an infant (No. 12-4162). Stacy Sherfey and Neil Sherfey, of Nevada, filed a complaint in 2012 alleging that their…
