August 18th, 2010
Chris Coffin, a partner at Pendley, Baudin & Coffin LLP in Plaquemine, Louisiana, talks with Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia about new developments in multi-district litigation resulting from the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Listen to the podcast here.
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August 11th, 2010
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WSJ.COM
AUGUST 11, 2010
JUDGE IN NEW ORLEANS TO HEAR OIL-SPILL CASES
By DIONNE SEARCEY
Nearly 300 lawsuits related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be heard in New Orleans, a venue many attorneys see as friendly to plaintiffs, a panel of federal judges ordered Tuesday.
U.S District Court Judge Carl J. Barbier of the Eastern District of Louisiana will hear the civil suits filed against BP PLC and other defendants by shrimpers, resort owners and others. All say they have lost revenues because of the Gulf’s oil-tainted waters. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 11th, 2010
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August 11th, 2010
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on July 20, 2010 recommended that the approval of the drug Avastin used for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer be withdrawn. They concluded that new trials showed no apparent benefit from the drug.
The 12 to 1 vote represented a setback for Avastin, the world’s best-selling cancer drug, with sales last year of about $6 billion. Avastin is sold by drug maker Roche’s Genentech unit.
The action, if taken, would not affect marketing of the drug for brain, lung, colon and kidney cancer, but would prevent the manufacturer from promoting its use for breast cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 11th, 2010
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February 23rd, 2010
Law360, New York (February 23, 2010) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that federal law does not preempt the state law claims of parents who sued SmithKline Beecham Corp. after their daughter committed suicide while taking Paxil, allowing the case to head to trial.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a district court’s decision in 2008 to grant SmithKline summary judgment because the plaintiffs’ state law allegations that SmithKline failed to adequately warn about Paxil’s suicide risk on its label were preempted by federal law. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 10th, 2010
PLAQUEMINE — Attorneys representing more than 4,900 people who resided in or visited Myrtle Grove Trailer Park between 1997 and 2001 have negotiated a settlement worth $2.49 million in a water contamination lawsuit.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit asked that they be paid for personal injuries, wage loss and medical expenses for exposure to vinyl chloride. The chemical is a carcinogen that can cause cancer, damage to the nervous system and liver problems, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Web site. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 8th, 2009
By Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune
November 08, 2009, 6:53AM
In August, Pendley, Baudin and Coffin client, Tamara Thomas filed a claim with her homeowners insurance company after discovering that her air conditioning and other appliances had failed because her three-year-old home was filled with defective drywall made in China. Read the rest of this entry »
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September 30th, 2008
Chris Coffin, a Pendley, Baudin and Coffin partner, was class counsel in the case.
A federal judge in Minnesota issued an order of final approval to a $40 million settlement for class claims brought by third-party payers against the maker of Paxil for sales of the antidepressant to patients under 18 and handed down a separate order awarding plaintiffs’ attorneys $13.3 million in fees. Read the rest of this entry »
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