JPML Creates Seroquel MDL, Transfers and Consolidates 92 Cases

TAMPA - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has created a Seroquel Products Liability Litigation MDL, transferring and consolidating 92 claims to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. In re: Seroquel Products Liability Litigation. MDL No. 1769 (M.D. Fla.).

According to the transfer order, the transferred claims were pending in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of California, Southern District of Illinois, Western District of Louisiana, Western District of Missouri, District of New Jersey and Eastern District of Texas.

The petitions were considered at the JPML's May 25 hearing in Kansas City, Kansas.