Legal Opinion
In re Digitek® Litigation
Texas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided August 5, 2009No. 09-0408PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*116ON REVIEW BY THE MULTIDIS-TRICT LITIGATION PANEL
Presiding Judge PEEPLES
delivered the opinion of the MDL Panel.
Seven defendants have asked the panel to assign a pretrial judge to nineteen drug liability cases pending in twelve counties.1 Plaintiffs allege that the defendants improperly manufactured Digitek tablets that delivered an excessive dosage and caused toxicity-related injuries. Digitek is a generic prescription drug that is used to treat certain abnormal heart rhythms and other problems.
Rule 13 authorizes us to transfer “related” cases from different trial courts to a single pretrial…
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