A Philadelphia judge has declined to reconsider his decision denying hundreds of plaintiffs in the Risperdal mass tort litigation the ability to seek punitive damages.

In a one-paragraph order July 18, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Arnold L. New denied the plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration in In re Risperdal Litigation and denied their request for him to certify the question for an immediate appeal to the state Superior Court.

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