Plaintiffs Urge MDL Judge Not to Dismiss 'Headless' Classes

LAFAYETTE, La. - Plaintiffs in the Vioxx MDL have filed a response to a defense motion they say aims to dismiss nearly two-thirds of the proposed state class actions for injury and wrongful death allegedly caused by ingestion of the arthritis drug. In Re: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1657 (E.D. La.).

In a response brief filed Sept. 28, the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee says the 51 putative classes that have been identified in the Master Class Action Complaint filed with the court, but which do not yet name class representatives, should be preserved because they merely represent administrative …