(May 24, 2019, 2:10 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on May 23 issued an “indicative ruling” that if a $24.53 million verdict in a statewide surgical gown class action is reversed on appeal and returned to the trial court, she will remove plaintiff attorney Michael J. Avenatti as class counsel and replace him with two other lawyers (Bahamas Surgery Center, LLC v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, et al., No. CV 14-8390-DMG, C.D. Calif.)....