Juul MDL Judge Won’t Consolidate Bellwether Personal Injury Trials Yet

Mealey's (July 23, 2021, 8:20 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The California federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation against e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. (JLI) and related entities in a July 16 minute entry declined the plaintiffs’ request to consolidate pending bellwether personal injury trials that the plaintiffs had said would avert duplicative presentations of evidence but also wrote that the court may reconsider the issue after the bellwethers begin....