(March 24, 2016, 12:12 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Only claims of negligent misrepresentation and negligent failure to warn survived in five consolidated Essure birth control device cases March 22 after a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled on Bayer Corp.’s motion for judgment (Helen McLaughlin v. Bayer Corporation, No. 14-7315, Ruth Ruble v. Bayer Corporation, No. 14-7316, Melda Strimel v. Bayer Corporation, No. 14-7317, Susan Stelzer v. Bayer Corporation, No. 14-7318 and Heather Walsh v. Bayer Corporation, No. 15-384, E.D. Pa.; 2016 U.S. Dist. 37516)....