Preemption Summary Judgment Denied In Xarelto Bellwether Trial; All Experts Stay In

Mealey's (July 24, 2017, 2:35 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana federal judge overseeing the Xarelto multidistrict litigation on July 21 denied the defendant partial summary judgment in the third bellwether case on the basis of federal preemption and on the basis of design defect (In Re:  Xarelto Products Liability Litigation, No. 14-md-02592 [Dora Mingo v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al., No. 15-3469], E.D. La., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114338, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113872)....