In Re: New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. Products Liability Litigation

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Case Number:

1:13-md-02419

Court:

Massachusetts

Nature of Suit:

Personal Injury: Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury Product Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Rya W. Zobel

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  1. November 17, 2016

    Judge Nixes Some Claims In Meningitis Outbreak Litigation

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday dismissed some state-based claims against a Tennessee surgery center whose patients were allegedly injured in the fatal New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak.

  2. November 04, 2016

    Law Confusion No Reason To Ax Meningitis Suits, Court Told

    The plaintiffs steering committee in multidistrict litigation over the 2012 fatal meningitis outbreak linked to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy said Friday that initial confusion over which Tennessee law applied to 15 claims is no reason to boot them.

  3. October 24, 2016

    Law 'Confusion' No Excuse In Meningitis MDL, Judge Told

    A Tennessee surgical center Friday told a Massachusetts federal judge that attorneys' confusion over a state law isn't a good excuse to keep 15 suits from being tossed from multidistrict litigation over the 2012 fatal meningitis outbreak linked to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy.

  4. October 07, 2016

    Don't Toss Meningitis MDL Cases On Technicality, Judge Told

    The plaintiffs' steering committee in multidistrict litigation over the 2012 fatal meningitis outbreak linked to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy on Friday told a federal court that an effort to toss 15 cases based on a technicality should be rejected.

  5. September 28, 2016

    Pharmacy Exec Wants Civil Docs In Meningitis Murder Trial

    A former executive of the now-defunct Massachusetts compounding pharmacy linked to a fatal 2012 meningitis outbreak urged a federal court Wednesday to let him access and use documents from a sweeping multidistrict litigation as he prepares for his January trial on separate murder charges.

  6. August 24, 2016

    Medicare Settlements In Tainted Steroids MDL Get Early OK

    A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday gave provisional approval to a resolution of Medicare liens in the 2012 fatal meningitis outbreak linked to a local pharmacy, clearing an important hurdle to victims receiving settlement checks.

  7. August 19, 2016

    Surgery Center Objects To Remand Bid In Meningitis MDL

    A Tennessee-based surgery center facing lawsuits in the wake of a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak objected Friday to a bid by the victims to remand some cases from the multidistrict litigation, saying the "factually inaccurate" request, if granted, would be inconsistent with previous findings on the same issue.

  8. August 05, 2016

    Judge Narrows Case Against Doc In Fatal Meningitis Outbreak

    A federal judge in Boston has thrown out state-based product liability claims against a Tennessee surgery center and a doctor who allegedly injected patients with tainted steroids amid the fatal 2012 meningitis outbreak linked to the New England Compounding Center.

  9. August 05, 2016

    Meningitis Victims Ask For Preliminary OK Of CMS Settlement

    Victims of a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak caused when a now-bankrupt compounding pharmacy distributed tainted steroid injections asked a Massachusetts federal court on Thursday to approve a settlement — which the federal government is still reviewing — for all Medicare reimbursement claims in the multidistrict litigation.

  10. August 04, 2016

    Surgery Center Calls 'Facts' In Meningitis Suit Irrelevant

    A Tennessee surgery center facing litigation in the wake of a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak asked a Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday to throw out opponent filings that suggest unflattering facts about the Boston-based maker of the contaminated steroid vials and that the center says have nothing to do with the Tennessee parties.