JPML Transfers Fosamax Femur Fracture Cases to N.J.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has granted Merck & Co. Inc.'s request to transfer 36 actions alleging femur fractures and other bone injuries to New Jersey federal court for coordinated pretrial proceedings. In re Alendronate Sodium Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2443 (JPML).

In a May 23 order, the panel, led by Chairman John G. Heyburn II, transferred the cases to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and assigned them to Judge Garrett E. Brown.

The actions, filed in federal courts in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and …