Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: What Does WV Judge's Defense Decision Mean For Future Opioid Trials? Lawsuits Emerge Over Prenatal Link Between Acetaminophen and ADHD, Autism.
July 06, 2022 at 12:20 PM
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Critical MassWelcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. A federal judge in West Virginia sided with three drug distributors in a 184-page decision that came down nearly a year after the conclusion of an opioid trial. Some plaintiffs' lawyers say lawsuits over prenatal acetaminophen use "will be one of the largest multidistrict litigations in the history of the United States." Find out who is representing family members of those who died, and injured passengers, from an Amtrak train derailment in Missouri last week.
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WV Decision Adds To 'Checkered Landscape' of Opioid Verdicts
A year after trial concluded, a federal judge in West Virginia finally came out with his decision on whether three drug distributors were liable for the opioid crisis, and his answer was an unequivocal "no."
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