Panel Establishes Federal Heparin MDL in Ohio

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Federal lawsuits alleging personal and economic injuries caused by tainted batches of heparin will be presided over by a single judge in Ohio, according to an order from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. In Re: Heparin Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1953 (JPML).

The JPML issued the consolidation and transfer order June 6, assigning Judge James G. Carr to oversee pre-trial proceedings for all federal cases that are transferred to his U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Ohio.

"We are persuaded that the Northern District of Ohio is an appropriate transferee district for this …