Motions to Remand Denied in Eight Baycol Class Actions Seeking Medical Monitoring

MINNEAPOLIS - Eight putative class action suits filed against the manufacturer of Baycol will remain in federal court after a judge ruled that the costs for establishing a medical monitoring program would exceed the jurisdictional amount of $75,000. In re: Baycol Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1431 (D. Minn.).

In an order entered on Feb. 24, U.S. District Judge Michael J. Davis found that since the plaintiffs did not place any boundaries on the scope or duration of the proposed program, Bayer's costs to develop the protocol, initiate tracking programs, conduct research and implement the program would exceed the jurisdictional …