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Public Justice’s 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year award was awarded to the legal team who represented a class action beginning almost twenty years ago, earning a settlement for consumers and shedding light on corruption in politics. The award was presented on the evening of Monday, July 29 at Public Justice’s Annual Gala & Awards Dinner at the USS Midway in San Diego, California.

Patrick W. Pendley selected as a Finalist for Public Justice's 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award.

RICO claim against State Farm, settled for $250 million.

     Mark Hale, Laurie Loger and Todd Shadle, all former State Farm insureds were court

appointed class representatives in Avery vs State Farm which resulted in a $1.181 billion

jury verdict in 1999 in Illinois state court. Therein, the issue was State Farm's designating

aftermarket crash parts for its insured's vehicle repairs rather than using parts made by the original

manufacturer as required by the insurance policy.

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Rear-end automobile collision with spinal injuries to neck and back awarded $1.3 million verdict in Hicks v. USAA General Indemnity Company. 

Congratulations to Nicholas Rockforte and Evan Fontenot in obtaining a $1.3 million verdict on behalf of a gentlemen who received spinal injuries as a result of an automobile accident.  After a four day jury trial, beginning on May 14, 2018, a Pointe Coupee Parish jury unanimously awarded the plaintiff, Ronald Hicks, $1,298,410.00.  The case is Ronald Hicks v. USAA General Indemnity Company, et al.

PBC Partner and registered nurse, Chris Coffin, was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing in April 2018.  He joins other nurse leaders throughout the world who have exhibited exceptional achievements in nursing.  There are 530 chapters throughout the United States and worldwide.  Sigma supports numerous professional products and services that focus on the core areas of education, leadership, career development, evidence-based nursing, research, and scholarship of members and all nurses who strive to improve the health of the world's people.

On September 26, 2017, Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, L.L.P. filed the first pending federal lawsuit in Baton Rouge, Louisiana concerning a failure of a DePuy Attune knee implant. The plaintiff underwent a subsequent surgery to remove and replace the defective Attune device.

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More information can be found on the settlement here.

CAMDEN, NJ, Aug. 1, 2017 – A Japanese pharmaceutical company, Daiichi Sankyo, will pay $300 million to settle thousands of federal and state court lawsuits over its top-selling blood pressure drugs, Benicar, Benicar HCT, Azor and Tribenzor, according to an announcement made today by the lead Plaintiffs’ lawyers in U.S. federal district court.