David Verses Goliath - Vaccine & Environmental Law with Larry Choan

Purpose Driven Law

Join us in today's Purpose Driven Law Podcast episode as we delve into the legal frameworks governing environmental toxins, pandemics, healthcare practices, and vaccine regulations.

In this podcast, we navigate the challenging terrain where law intersects with medicine, exploring the nuanced issues surrounding vaccine mandates, liability, and public health policies. Unravel the complexities of this dynamic field, emerging trends, and the ethical considerations shaping the landscape of medicine and vaccine law with our guest, Larry Cohan.

Episode Highlights:

• 02:08 - Vision of a Scout (Introduction of Larry Cohan)
• 4:05 - Three-mile Island
• 9:29 - Stacks pile of complex cases
• 11:53 - A phone call
• 15:45 - Movie Drop: Dark Waters by Todd Haynes
• 17:48 - Camp Lejeune Incident
• 21:36 - Complexity of Vaccine Injury Law
• 22:56 - The Swine Flu
• 26:16 - The different risks of vaccination
• 31:22 - Ivermectin Drug
• 32:44 - Vaccine Injury court & trials
• 35:04 - A strong passion for a clean planet
• 36:58 - Love for Yoga ( Art of balance, focus and strength)
• 40:10 - Importance of Mindfulness
• 44:10 - A part of the world

  
  

Dealing with Complexities

To understand the complicated legal landscapes surrounding vaccine injury claims, environmental toxins, and pandemics, a nuanced approach within the legal frameworks intended to protect public health is necessary. The complex nature of vaccine injury law is striking a delicate balance between business, studies, and public health. Legal systems have complex challenges in establishing causation, determining compensation measures, and guaranteeing a just and effective process for individuals impacted. Larry Cohan, a lawyer whose purpose is to be part of and advocate for a clean planet community, powerfully uses his knowledge and impact to address the legal systems that control environmental pollutants and must help balance industrial development and ecological conservation.

In the past, present, and future, this episode, along with Larry, hopes to remind people of the intricate web of legal concerns that surround vaccination injuries, environmental toxins, and pandemics. These issues highlight the value of the Vaccine Injury Law's adaptable, comprehensive, and globally collaborative frameworks.

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About Lawrence Cohan

Larry is a partner at Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C. and chairs the firm’s Mass Tort and Toxic Tort Departments. His practice involves toxic and mass torts, including asbestos, PFAS, paraquat, talc, benzene, lead Camp LeJeune, chemicals and other dangerous products, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical and medical device liability, including defective hip implants, vaccine-related injuries, product liability, class action, FELA, and other complex personal injury matters.

Larry is an accomplished leader with a significant legal career, particularly in complex cases. He has played a key role in establishing new legal precedents at trial and appellate court levels in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. Notably, Larry served as Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel for the multidistrict litigation (MDL) related to the "human tissue" scandal and was part of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the Morcellator MDL in Kansas City.

Larry is on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the MDL titled "IN RE: Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation." He is also co-chair for the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees’ Public Water Provider Sub Committee. Larry's extensive experience includes representing steelworkers and victims of benzene exposure and handling toxic tort and environmental claims against major chemical producers.

He has served on the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association boards and completed his term as president of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Larry has achieved multimillion-dollar jury verdicts in toxic tort and medical malpractice cases, including groundbreaking verdicts in asbestos cases and representing victims of defective medical devices. Additionally, he represents victims of rare vaccine injuries before the United States Federal Claims Court and serves as co-chair of the American Association for Justice Vaccine Litigation Group. Larry has also advocated for children injured by lead poisoning in collaboration with the Pennsylvania legislature.

Learn more about Larry through:

Website: https://www.smbb.com/attorney/lawrence-r-cohan/

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