Legal Opinion
In re Avandia Mktg., Sales Practices & Prods. Liab. Litig.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 2, 2018No. MDL NO. 1871; 07–md–1871PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtRufe, J.
It has been brought to this Court's attention that Steven M. Johnson, Esquire is once again refusing to pay a seven percent assessment to the Avandia Multidistrict Litigation ("MDL") common benefit fund from claims that he settled in the state court action captioned Gabel v. GlaxoS mithKline *649,1 filed in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit in St. Clair County, Illinois, despite the Court's prior ruling that he do so. Rather than complying with this Court's ruling, Johnson now opposes the disbursement of funds in the Illinois court.
The Plaintiffs' Advisory Committee of the Avandia MDL moves this…
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