Fraud Count in Amended Master Trasylol Complaint May Proceed

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A federal judge has ruled that fraud allegations contained in a master complaint filed by plaintiffs in the Trasylol MDL should not be dismissed because they were pled with as much specificity as they could be given the court's request to consolidate discovery in the litigation. In re Trasylol Products Liability Litigation, No. 08-1928 (S.D. Fla.).

Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks said March 5 that the defendants' attempts to dismiss the fraud allegations would best be considered at the summary judgment stage when individual plaintiffs can amend their complaints to more specifically address misrepresentations made by …