WV High School Students Overdose on Heroin-Laced Vaping Pens
As health officials continue to search for explanations behind a recent epidemic of vaping-related illnesses, a new danger has hit Morgantown, West Virginia. According to…
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A Daughter’s Story: Two Ill Parents, One With Alzheimer’s
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and in an effort to fight this debilitating disease that affects an estimated 5.7 million Americans, Chaffin Luhana…
Legal Considerations for Those Facing Alzheimer’s Disease
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and in an effort to fight this disease, Chaffin Luhana LLP team members, Eric Chaffin and Eric Rudel…
Tennessee Woman Files New Physiomesh Lawsuit in New Jersey
A Tennessee couple has filed a new Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuit against manufacturer Ethicon and parent company Johnson & Johnson. The couple claims that after the…
Diesel Exhaust Linked with Increased Risk of Lou Gehrig’s Disease
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) states that diesel exhaust is a mixture of gases and particulates produced during the combustion of diesel fuel,…
Herbicides Like Glyphosate Could Contribute to Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that each year at least two million people become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the United…
New Mexico Woman Has to Have Infected Parietex Mesh Removed
On October 5, 2017, a New Mexico woman filed a Covidien hernia mesh lawsuit in the District of New Mexico. She claims that after she…
EU Struggling to Decide on Glyphosate
The European Union planned to vote this year on extending the approval license for Roundup. That vote was initially delayed because of an ongoing debate…
Tennessee Man Says Monsanto Disregarded Public Health
On September 12, 2017, a Tennessee man filed a new Roundup lawsuit against manufacturer Monsanto. The case is pending in the U.S. District Court for…
Federal and State Judges to Confer on Admissibility of Roundup Expert Testimony
Currently, there are about 250 Roundup lawsuits filed against manufacturer Monsanto that are pending in the Northern District of California, where all federally-filed cases have…