Gadolinium contrast dye lawsuits filed by victims of NSF will start going to trial in January.
Currently, there are just over 400 lawsuits pending in the Multidistrict Litigation. At a status conference held on March 6, Judge Dan Aaron Polster announced that the first trials will begin next January. The parties involved in the litigation have each selected 10 cases, known as Eligible Trial Pool Cases, which are currently undergoing early discovery in preparation for the first trials. Those 20 will be narrowed down to 10, with 5 chosen by the plaintiffs and 5 chosen by the defendants for the first trials. Defendants and plaintiffs will then select two from each sides’ list for the first four trials.
In February 2008, the U. S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation designated the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio as the venue for NSF lawsuits pending in federal courts