It is expected that the Court will soon approve a Master Complaint and Short Form Complaint, which will allow new Suboxone lawsuits involving tooth decay to be filed using an abbreviated form.
Plaintiffs and defendants are working jointly on a motion which will allow new Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits to be directly filed with the MDL court.
Group of 18 Suboxone lawyers have submitted a consensus motion for the plaintiffs' leadership committee, which will take actions that benefit all individuals pursuing lawsuits over tooth decay from Suboxone
Following the centralization of all Suboxone lawsuits as part of a federal MDL, lawyers must file applications by March 1 to serve in various leadership positions during the consolidated pretrial proceedings.
U.S. JPML Determined that Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits filed throughout the federal court system will be centralized in the Northern District of Ohio for discovery and pretrial proceedings.
Ohio is among a growing number of states looking to restrict or eliminate PFAS chemicals found in AFFF firefighting foam, which have caused widespread water contamination and expose citizens to toxic, cancer-causing chemicals.
The chemical irritant acrolein is known to cause breathing problems, eye and nose irritation, and may damage the linings of the lungs, researchers warn.
The decision comes as many states have moved to allow sex abuse lawsuits to be filed despite statute of limitation laws.
Area residents filed a class action against Norfolk Southern, seeking compensatory damages and medical monitoring for anyone within 30 miles of the train derailment
Norfolk Southern put profits ahead of public safety, resulting in the release of over 1 million gallons of hazardous chemicals during the train derailment, the lawsuit claims
