The judge presiding over the entire Avandia multidistrict litigation has approved the distribution of nearly $144 million in Avandia attorney fees and costs undertaken for the common benefit of the entire litigation in the wake of attorneys settling objections to how the funds were divided.
U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania previously gave approval to the overall amount to be paid for common benefit work regarding lawsuits of people who used the diabetes drug. When objections were raised to how the funds were to be distributed, Rufe appointed special master Bruce P. Merenstein of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis to mediate the dispute.
