(September 25, 2015, 8:11 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defendants on Sept. 14 told the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) that it should not “sanction” litigation involving the Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming system by creating a multidistrict litigation for the 14 filed federal cases (In Re: Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2666, JPMDL).

(Bair Hugger MDL opposition available. Document #28-151001-010B.)

Defendants 3M Co., Arizant Heathcare Inc. and Robert Prestera told the JPMDL that the existing litigation is “concocted by lawyers based on the false...