Opioid MDL Judge Denies Deadline Extension, Says Defendants Seek Trial Delay

(April 23, 2019, 1:27 PM EDT) -- CLEVELAND — The Ohio federal judge overseeing the opioid multidistrict litigation on April 18 denied a defense emergency motion to extend expert discovery, saying he “can only conclude that Defendants are proposing an indefinite postponement of the [first] trial.  No Court would take such a proposal seriously” (In Re:  National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2804, No. 17-md-2804, N.D. Ohio)....

Attached Documents

Related Sections