A federal judge indicates parties have reached a global Abilify settlement agreement to resolve thousands of claims that the antipsychotic causes gambling addiction.
Six Abilify gambling addiction lawsuits are being fast-tracked through the discovery process for bellwether trials scheduled to begin next summer.
A federal judge has remanded 21 Abilify gambling lawsuits back to California state courts, while nearly 2,000 cases move forward in the federal litigation.
Six Abilify lawsuits over compulsive gambling claims have been selected for fast-tracked discovery, in order to prepare for bellwether trials in the spring of 2019.
The discovery process for the second batch of Abilify bellwether trials is moving ahead after a hoped-for settlement agreement failed to occur.
Plaintiffs in Abilify litigation are being asked to submit additional information on their use of the antipsychotic and their gambling addictions.
A pool of 40 Abilify lawsuits have been selected for the second bellwether trial pool, which will eventually be reduced to 10 cases that may go to trial.
A federal judge has ordered the creation of a second bellwether trial pool for Abilify lawsuits filed over compulsive gambling behavior, in case ongoing settlement talks stall or fail.
Work continues on an Abilify lawsuit settlement agreement which would resolve more than 1,000 claims that the antipsychotic causes gambling addiction and other compulsive behaviors.
Abilify lawsuits filed in New Jersey state courts have been consolidated before one judge for pretrial proceedings.
