Plaintiff’s lawyers in a bellwether trial over whether Eli Lilly and Company’s Actos drug causes bladder cancer allege that a witness for defendant Eli Lilly has committed perjury and have asked for the court to issue a default judgment as a consequence.

The plaintiff’s counsel also allege that the witness committed “contumacious” conduct, or conduct that is willfully disobedient to the court’s authority.

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