Legal Question in Product Liability in Minnesota

drug liability case

there is a multi-district litigation going on in minnesota in which i am the only pro se litigant out of about 400 cases. the court selected 3 bellwether cases for ''the parties to evaluate their settlement positions.'' after the first case ended with the plaintiff being awarded $8.3 million, the second and third bellwethers were quickly settled with details not being disclosed. now the court is set to hold a conference to ascertain if a fourth bellwether is needed. as a layperson, this not only seems unfair because 2/3 of the info with which plaintiffs were to evaluate their positions is being hidden from them, but it seems shady that we had 3 trials scheduled, the defense rushes to settle, and now they want another bellwether trial. is this typical of bellwether trials? i also can't help but to think that plaintiff's counsel is working with defense counsel at the expense of certain clients.


Asked on 10/06/08, 6:13 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alan Wagner Wagner, McLaughlin & Whittemore P.A.

Re: drug liability case

MDL cases can be horribly complicated and you should really contact a lawyer to discuss the specifics of your case. You might be better going with a firm handling a lot of the cases and you might be better with someone not involved in the MDL at the moment. Contact a lawyer to discuss these issues.

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Answered on 10/06/08, 6:33 pm


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