Legal Opinion
In re Factor VIII or IX Concentrate Blood Products Litigation
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 17, 1996No. MDL-986; No. 93 C 7452PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GRADY, District Judge.
The broad question addressed in this opinion is whether a transferee court in multidistrict litigation under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 has the authority to limit the number of common-issue expert witnesses at trials which will take place after remand to the transferor districts. If the answer to that question is in the affirmative, then the second question is what the limit should be in this particular litigation.
Background of the Litigation
Plaintiffs in these consolidated cases are persons suffering from hemophilia, a hereditary disease in which the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In the Matter of Rhone-Poulenc Rorer IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Gruca v. Alpha Therapeutic Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Wadleigh v. Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994
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