July 20, 2016
Consumers in multidistrict litigation over a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak urged a Massachusetts federal judge Wednesday not to let a Tennessee surgical center shake claims under that state's product liability law, arguing doctors providing medical services can be held liable like retailers selling goods.
June 22, 2016
A defunct Tennessee surgery center now preparing for a bellwether trial in the 2012 fatal meningitis outbreak waived its rights to attorney-client privilege for electronic records when it sold its computer system to a competitor, lawyers for the plaintiffs' steering committee told a Massachusetts federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation Wednesday.
May 10, 2016
Consumers in multidistrict litigation over a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak told a Massachusetts federal judge Monday that a group of Tennessee hospitals shouldn't be allowed to lay blame at the doors of state and federal government agencies during trial.
May 09, 2016
With civil trials stemming from a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak now slated to start before related criminal trials, orders staying certain depositions must be dissolved or else a Tennessee health network won't be able to sufficiently defend itself, the provider told a Massachusetts federal judge Friday.
April 26, 2016
The Massachusetts federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation stemming from a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak on Tuesday pushed the first bellwether trial originally scheduled for July back a month.
April 05, 2016
A Tennessee health network is fighting for a delay in bellwether trials stemming from a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak, saying July-slated civil trials shouldn't start until after criminal trials scheduled for the fall have played out.
March 15, 2016
A Tennessee hospital group on Tuesday asked a Massachusetts federal judge to rule on certain claims brought by Tennessee residents in multidistrict litigation stemming from a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak, saying there's no reason to hold the group liable.
January 27, 2016
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday said a Tennessee surgical center and doctor do not need to turn over their litigation hold communications in multidistrict litigation over a deadly meningitis outbreak, saying the court must first determine whether evidence was intentionally destroyed.
January 14, 2016
A Massachusetts federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation over a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak caused by tainted steroid injections distributed by a now-bankrupt compunding pharmacy on Thursday denied a bid to strike the voluntary dismissals of two bellwether cases.
July 28, 2015
A Massachusetts federal judge refused to let an Ohio doctor escape a suit over his role in a woman's death from steroid injections tainted by a compounding pharmacy, ruling on Tuesday the federal court need not apply a state rule governing medical claims.