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Health Care & Hospital Law

Mar. 12, 2018

OC judge rejects drugmakers’ bid to merge opioid cases

A superior court judge on Friday rejected a defense request to coordinate a major opioid lawsuit in Orange County with similar federal multidistrict litigation in Ohio, instead signaling that she'll soon schedule a trial.

SANTA ANA -- A superior court judge on Friday rejected a defense request to coordinate a major opioid lawsuit in Orange County with similar federal multidistrict litigation in Ohio, instead signaling that she'll soon schedule a trial.

Lawyers for pharmaceutical companies named in a 2014 public nuisance and false advertising lawsuit filed by the Orange and Santa Clara county district attorneys wanted a status conference continued for...

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