First Prempro MDL Trial Continued to August

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The first Prempro MDL trial has been continued to August. Reeves v. Wyeth. No. 4:05-cv-00163; In re: Prempro Products Liability Litigation. MDL No. 4:03-cv-1507 (E.D. Ark.).

Linda Reeves' trial is being continued from July 31 to August 21 due to timing issues, sources said, indicating that the original trial date was a "hard deadline to meet."

Judge William R. Wilson Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued an order Jan. 30 selecting Reeves and Helene Rush (No. 4:05-cv-00497) as the first two cases to be tried in the Eastern District …