(l-r) Molly Flynn, Chanda Miller, and Rebecca Trela of Barnes & Thornburg. Courtesy photos Will Pa. Keep Its Share of MDLs? An Analysis of Proceedings Across State District Courts
Pennsylvania's MDLs are aging and have overall fewer cases pending in comparison to other MDLs. When looking at individual case statistics published by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML), Pennsylvania's overall share of individual actions in MDL proceedings is less than one percent of the nearly 400,000 individual MDL claims nationwide.
January 15, 2023 at 12:38 PM
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Products Liability
Pennsylvania's federal district courts administer 14 of the approximately 171 currently active MDL dockets—a little more than 8% of the nationwide total. Four of those involve products liability cases, which historically represent a significant portion of the overall MDL proceeding types and the category with the largest overall number of individual claims, both in the commonwealth and nationwide.
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