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Ethicon Morcellator Lawsuits Consolidated in Kansas

Oct 16, 2015

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit involving its power morcellators in its order dated October 15, 2015. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (referred to as the “JPML” or “MDL Panel”) consists of seven sitting federal judges who were appointed to serve on the MDL Panel by the Chief Judge of the United States Supreme Court. The MDL Panel found that the lawsuits against Ethicon involving its power...