N.Y. Judge Remands Mirena Case, Finding Nondiverse Healthcare Defendants Not Misjoined

ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York federal judge has sent a Mirena case back to state court, finding the claims against the nondiverse healthcare defendants are sufficiently related to the product liability claims against diverse defendant Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.

On July 10, Chief Judge Gary L. Sharpe of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York concluded that the healthcare defendants were not misjoined and that those defendants are indispensable parties.

Donald Humphrey filed this lawsuit in the Albany County (N.Y.) Supreme Court as administrator of decedent Mary Ann Humphrey, alleging that her use of the …