JPML Wary Of Special Litigation For 'Opioid Babies'

By Jeff Overley · November 29, 2018, 3:48 PM EST

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation appeared disinclined Thursday to create a new MDL for "opioid babies" whose mothers used prescription narcotics, sharply questioning whether such a move would actually expedite...

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Case Information

Case Title

IN RE: National Prescription Opiate Litigation

Case Number

Court

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Nature of Suit

Date Filed

September 25, 2017

Case Title

In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation

Case Number

Court

Ohio Northern

Nature of Suit

P.I.: Other

Date Filed

November 04, 2022

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