Plaintiffs Ask Federal Panel to Transfer All Power Morcellator Lawsuits to Kansas Judge

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Plaintiffs in six of the nearly two-dozen federal lawsuits alleging a link between power morcellator use and the spread of cancerous cells have filed a petition seeking consolidation of the cases in Kansas.

In a June 18 motion to create a multidistrict litigation docket for all pending and future morcellator lawsuits, the plaintiffs asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to transfer the cases to Judge Kathryn H. Vratil, a former JPML chairman sitting in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.

Plaintiffs began filing lawsuits alleging injuries caused by power morcellators after the devices …