Multidistrict Litigation Possible In Meningitis Lawsuits

The growing number of meningitis-related lawsuits filed in Roanoke and elsewhere may end up being handled by a single federal judge. According to the Roanoke Times, attorneys for the New England Compounding Center being blamed for producing steroid injections linked to a meningitis outbreak are seeking to have a lawsuit filed consolidated into one. At least two people in Virginia have died from the fungal meningitis outbreak that is tied to dirty steroid injections given to hundreds of patients for back pain. A federal panel is considering multidistrict litigation application.