In the latest volley by pharmaceutical defendants seeking alternative forums to Pennsylvania state court, drugmaker Pfizer on Wednesday asked that almost 50 cases that have been removed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania be consolidated into one multidistrict litigation.
Pfizer counsel Mark S. Cheffo and Katherine Armstrong of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in New York filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to consolidate 59 cases filed in Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio for pretrial proceedings.
