In Re: New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. Products Liability Litigation

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Case Number:

1:13-md-02419

Court:

Massachusetts

Nature of Suit:

Personal Injury: Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury Product Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Rya W. Zobel

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July 20, 2016
Surgery Center Can't Trim Meningitis MDL, Tenn. Judge Told

Consumers in multidistrict litigation over a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak urged a Massachusetts federal judge Wednesday not to let a Tennessee surgical center shake claims under that state's product liability law, arguing doctors providing medical services can be held liable like retailers selling goods.
June 22, 2016
Atty-Client Privilege At Issue In Meningitis Bellwether

A defunct Tennessee surgery center now preparing for a bellwether trial in the 2012 fatal meningitis outbreak waived its rights to attorney-client privilege for electronic records when it sold its computer system to a competitor, lawyers for the plaintiffs' steering committee told a Massachusetts federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation Wednesday.
May 10, 2016
Hospitals Can't Blame Gov't In Meningitis MDL, Judge Told

Consumers in multidistrict litigation over a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak told a Massachusetts federal judge Monday that a group of Tennessee hospitals shouldn't be allowed to lay blame at the doors of state and federal government agencies during trial.
May 09, 2016
Tenn. Hospitals Want Discovery Stays Lifted In Meningitis MDL

With civil trials stemming from a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak now slated to start before related criminal trials, orders staying certain depositions must be dissolved or else a Tennessee health network won't be able to sufficiently defend itself, the provider told a Massachusetts federal judge Friday.
April 26, 2016
1st Meningitis Bellwether Trial Pushed Back To August

The Massachusetts federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation stemming from a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak on Tuesday pushed the first bellwether trial originally scheduled for July back a month.
April 05, 2016
Health Network Wants Bellwethers Paused In Meningitis MDL

A Tennessee health network is fighting for a delay in bellwether trials stemming from a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak, saying July-slated civil trials shouldn't start until after criminal trials scheduled for the fall have played out.
March 15, 2016
Tenn. Hospitals Seek To Erase Some Claims In Meningitis MDL

A Tennessee hospital group on Tuesday asked a Massachusetts federal judge to rule on certain claims brought by Tennessee residents in multidistrict litigation stemming from a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak, saying there's no reason to hold the group liable.
January 27, 2016
Surgery Center Can Shield Some Info In Meningitis MDL

A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday said a Tennessee surgical center and doctor do not need to turn over their litigation hold communications in multidistrict litigation over a deadly meningitis outbreak, saying the court must first determine whether evidence was intentionally destroyed.
January 14, 2016
Hospital Can't Revive 2 Meningitis MDL Bellwether Cases

A Massachusetts federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation over a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak caused by tainted steroid injections distributed by a now-bankrupt compunding pharmacy on Thursday denied a bid to strike the voluntary dismissals of two bellwether cases.
July 28, 2015
Ohio Doc Must Face Claims In Meningitis MDL, Court Rules

A Massachusetts federal judge refused to let an Ohio doctor escape a suit over his role in a woman's death from steroid injections tainted by a compounding pharmacy, ruling on Tuesday the federal court need not apply a state rule governing medical claims.