A North Carolina firefighter has filed a new firefighting foam lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. He claims that after being exposed to toxic firefighting foams for years—including the cancer-causing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the foams—he has…
Despite the fact that in November 2018, leading e-cigarette maker JUUL Labs announced it would temporarily stop selling most of its flavored nicotine pods for its e-cigarettes in retail stores, a new study says the action was too little, too late. At the time, the…
Previous research has indicated that JUUL e-cigarettes, which are popular among teenagers, deliver substantially more nicotine than other types of e-cigarettes. According to a study published in Tobacco Regulatory Science in January 2020, subjects exposed to aerosol from JUUL had 5-8 times more nicotine in…
A Florida man and his wife recently filed a new Zantac lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He claims that after taking Zantac (ranitidine) for several years, he suffered serious injuries and blames current and former Zantac manufacturers, including…
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 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, two local high school students recently overdosed on heroin-laced vape pens. The students have been hospitalized. The…
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 LLP team members, Dana Glad and Chelsea Aichinger interviewed Jill Orenzuk regarding her experience after her mother was diagnosed with…
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 collaborated with Jeffrey J. Rokisky, an established elder law and estate planning attorney, to provide the legal guide below to help…
A Tennessee couple has filed a new Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuit against manufacturer Ethicon and parent company Johnson & Johnson. The couple claims that after the wife went through hernia repair surgery with the mesh, she suffered from serious injuries. They filed the case in the…
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, and that workers exposed to diesel exhaust “face the risk of health effects ranging from irritation of the eyes and…
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 States, and that at least 23,000 of them die from these infections. Antibiotics are designed to kill or stop the…
