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Opioid-Babies Denied Separate MDL Track by Judge Polster

Opioid-Babies Denied Separate MDL Track by Judge Polster

Opioid-Babies Denied Separate MDL Track by Judge Polster

Introduction

U.S. District Judge Aaron Polster, overseeing the opioid litigation, denied the request put forth by attorneys to form a separate MDL track for babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome due to their mother’s opioid addiction. The appeal was put forth in order to address the distinct medical costs of the patients who took the opioid medication.

Opioid distributors played an integral role in overdose deaths by not keeping track of oversupply, and failure to identify suspicious orders and report them to authorities.

More than 400 opioid-related lawsuits are centralized as a part of multidistrict litigation, MDL No 2804 (In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation) in the Northern District of Ohio before U.S. District Judge Dan A. Polster.

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