No Limits On Opioid Expert, But Plaintiffs Face $100,000 Sanction For Depositions

Mealey's (May 8, 2019, 8:37 AM EDT) -- CLEVELAND — The Ohio federal judge overseeing the opioid multidistrict litigation on April 26 took off a magistrate judge’s restrictions on the use of a plaintiffs’ expert but ordered the plaintiffs to pay defendants no more than $100,000 for additional depositions of the expert who went from being an opioid “opinion leader” and defendant to a plaintiff expert (In Re:  National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2804, No. 17-md-2804, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Div.)....

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