On October 5, 2022, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) transferred[1] some 66 autism and ADHD lawsuits[2] to Senior District Judge Denise Cote in the Southern District of New York, thus consolidating all such acetominophen birth defect cases in a mass tort.[3] The case specifically concerns the lack of warning regarding in utero use. On 2022-11-19 Judge Cote among other matters ruled against Walmart's preemption argument (which is often raised in pharmaceutical mass tort cases). Judge Cote likewise ruled against Johnson & Johnson in April 2023.[4] Given the significant media attention and advertising the class action has been receiving, the number of plaintiffs is widely anticipated to considerably increase.[5][6]
The case was thrown out December 18, 2023,[7] with Judge Cote writing "“The unstructured approach adopted by the plaintiffs’ experts permitted cherry-picking, allowed a results-driven analysis, and obscured the complexities, inconsistencies, and weaknesses in the underlying data..."[8]
References edit
- ^ "TRANSFER ORDER" (PDF). UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL on MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION. 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ Pierson, Brendan (2022-10-06). "Mass tort launched for claims that acetaminophen caused autism, ADHD". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ Jackson, Irvin (2022-10-06). "Acetaminophen Lawsuits Over Autism and ADHD Risks Centralized in Federal MDL". AboutLawsuits.com. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ "Acetaminophen on trial over possible links to autism, ADHD". Spectrum | Autism Research News. April 26, 2023.
- ^ Auchmuty, Matthew (2022-11-20). "Settlements for Tylenol Autism Lawsuits". Dolman Law Group. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ Miller, Ronald V.; Jr. (2022-11-19). "Tylenol Autism Lawsuit". Lawsuit Information Center. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ Mulvaney, Erin. "Court Rejects Claims Linking Tylenol to Autism, ADHD". WSJ. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
- ^ "IN RE: Acetaminophen – ASD-ADHD Products Liability Litigation" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-03.
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