Calif. Avandia Case Stayed Pending JPML’s Decision to Transfer to Pennsylvania MDL

Avandia SAN FRANCISCO — GlaxoSmithKline (NSE: GLAXO) has successfully moved to stay a California federal Avandia injury case pending the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation’s decision to transfer the action to the Avandia multidistrict litigation in Pennsylvania.

On Aug. 19, Judge Maxine M. Chesney of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that in this early stage of the litigation, neither party will be prejudiced by a brief stay.

GSK moved to stay this case pending transfer by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to the Avandia multidistrict litigation in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (In …