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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.

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.

Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, L.L.P. is proud to announce Chris Coffin's appointment to a top leadership position on the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in the Taxotere multi-district litigation. As Co-Lead Counsel in the national litigation, Chris will be responsible for managing the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee which has been tasked with coordinating the efforts of all Taxotere permanent hair loss cases for plaintiffs across the U.S.

The lawyers at Pendley, Baudin and Coffin LLP are representing women across the country who have suffered severe permanent hair loss (alopecia) as a result of taking Taxotere, a chemotherapy drug used to treat multiple forms of cancer.  Each Taxotere hair loss case will be given the individual care and attention that it deserves and will not be pursued as part of a class action lawsuit.  

PBC's Chris Coffin is part of a panel of attorneys that will present on the current state of Taxotere litigation at the 2016 Mass Torts Made Perfect conference.

PBC recently filed one of the first Taxotere lawsuits in the nation, alleging it causes permanent hair loss in some women who were treated with the drug while undergoing chemotherapy.

The lawsuit contends that the manufacturer of Taxotere, Sanofi-Aventis, did not warn patients and physicians properly of the risks associated with taking the drug and permanent alopecia.

On behalf of the firm's client, Erma Spann, PBC lawyers filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of Taxotere in Illinois Federal Court today.  The complaint alleges that Ms. Spann received Taxotere as part of her treatment for breast cancer in 2005.  Following her Taxotere treatment, Ms. Spann experienced permanent disfiguring hair loss.  Ms. Spann alleges that, despite the fact that the manufacturer of Taxotere was aware of the serious risk of permanent hair loss from Taxotere use, she and her doctors were never warned of the risk.