Plaintiffs sometimes treat an MDL like a long layover—stretch their legs, grab a coffee, and assume that once they board the flight back to their home court, the airport rules no longer apply. Surprise! The TSA of civil procedure has a long memory, and your boarding pass still has the MDL stamp on it. Procedural
Suggestion of death
Taxotere MDL Dismisses Cases for Failure to Respond Timely to Suggestions of Death
By Michelle Yeary on
Just about three months ago, we blogged about Rule 25 dismissals in the Bair Hugger MDL, and today we bring you more of the same from Taxotere. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25 provides that “[i]f a party dies . . . the court may order substitution of the proper party.” Rule 25 goes…