Thousands of women lost their hair, suffered perforated organs or died after getting a birth control implant. A pregnant woman lost her baby and was left a quadriplegic after her Toyota 4Runner flipped. A man lost his voice box to laryngeal cancer after years of smoking Marlboros.

They are some of the people attorney Justin Parafinczuk helped get justice. He represents plaintiffs who say Big Pharma, Big Tobacco and other multibillion-dollar giants hurt their health, leaving them unable to work and take care of their families.