Levaquin Plaintiffs Can't be Joined to Single Complaint, Judge Rules

MINNEAPOLIS - A federal judge has rejected an attempt by plaintiffs from the same district to join their Levaquin claims in a single complaint. In re Levaquin Products Liability Litigation, No. 08-1943 (D. Minn.).

Judge John R. Tunheim of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota ruled Sept. 29 that plaintiffs have failed to provide the factual circumstances surrounding their alleged Levaquin-related injuries that would allow the claims to be joined under Rule 20.

The plaintiffs, who are part of the federal MDL in Minnesota, all allege that they suffered tendon rupture injuries as a result of taking …