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Chris Coffin Appointed to Bair Hugger Litigation Executive Leadership Committee

The federal judge overseeing the Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming Device Multidistrict Litigation in Minnesota appointed the Plaintiffs' Leadership today.  In her order appointing leadership, Judge Joan N. Ericksen named Co-Lead Counsel, an Executive Committee and a Plaintiffs' Steering Committee to litigate the Bair Hugger cases on behalf of all Plaintiffs whose cases have been consolidated in the MDL.  The Judge included PBC partner, Chris Coffin, in her selections, appointing Mr. Coffin as a member of the Executive Committee.    

Mr. Coffin is the leader of PBC's pharmaceutical and medical device litigation practice.  Over the course of his practice, he has been appointed by federal judges to multiple leadership positions in multidistrict litigation cases throughout the country. 

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