Forum Motion Denied, Docket Created for 2nd Round of Oxycontin Cases

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - A state court judge in New York has denied a defense motion to dismiss hundreds of Oxycontin personal injury cases brought by out-of-state plaintiffs, and has created a new docket for coordination of all pending and future claims concerning the drug. In the Matter of Oxycontin II, No. 700000/07 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., New York Cty.).

Richmond County Supreme Court Judge Joseph J. Maltese on Feb. 10 denied a defense motion to dismiss the cases based on forum non conveniens, determining that the New York court has experience handling Oxycontin-related claims and that the defendants are, or …