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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.    

A class action lawsuit has been filed for terminated employees of the LSU and Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals due to privatization of the state run hospital facilities.

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Chris Coffin appointed Co-Lead Counsel and a member of the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee in the Benicar (Olmesartan) Products Liability Litigation.

More than twenty home and business owners from Dallas and Farmers branch filed a class action lawsuit against the building contractors responsible for the deep excavation and construction of the LBJ Express Tollway project.  The Plaintiffs seek to represent a class of land owners between Midway Road and Josey Lane whose property lie within 1,750 feet, north or south, of Interstate 635/LBJ Express.

Pendley, Baudin & Coffin is currently evaluating cases involving Benicar (Olmesartan medoxomil), Azor and Tribenzor, medications prescribed for the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure). These drugs can result in sprue-like enteropathy which is a gastrointestinal problem. Users may have suffered years of chronic diarrhea, vomiting, severe pain and weight loss. Many of the side effects resemble symptoms of Celiac Disease.

On November 3, 2014 a Settlement Agreement between Howmedica Osteonics Corporation, known as Stryker Orthopaedics and the Court-appointed Plaintiffs' Settlement Committee (court appointed attorneys representing plaintiffs in New Jersey and Federal District Multidistrict litigations) was announced. This agreement will compensate eligible U.S. claimants who have suffered recognizable bodily, physical or personal injuries from surgery to replace their Rejuvenate Hip Stem and ABG II Modular Hip Stem Implant prior to November 3, 2014.

What is Zofran?

Zofran, originally developed by GlaxoSmithKline and was marketed by them in 1991, was approved by the FDA to treat nausea in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment and for postoperative surgery patients.  It has become one of the most prescribed drugs for nausea in the United States.  Zofran is also known as Zuplenz.

Zofran Risk

Monsanto Company has entered into a settlement agreement with wheat farmers in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi that resolves a number of lawsuits related to the May 2013 discovery of genetically-modified wheat on a farm in Eastern Oregon and subsequent temporary limits on certain exports of soft white wheat.

On March 1st "60 Minutes" aired a report on Lumber Liquidators seeming to intentionally mislabel Chinese made laminate flooring that is sells.  It seems this Chinese made flooring contains levels of formaldehyde higher than those allowed by California law.  "60 Minutes" visited factories in China that make the laminate flooring for Lumber Liquidators.