Letting a trial court give a party the ability to unilaterally transfer similar cases into consolidated actions could lead to large-scale “catch-and-kill” operations, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority—the Philadelphia area’s regional mass transit agency—and a labor union have told a Pennsylvania appellate court.

The warning comes as part of the companies’ efforts to fight having their cases consolidated with more than a dozen opioid lawsuits that were brought into the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas.

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