Lawyers have been ordered to submit proposals for exchanging information that will guide the selection of representative Suboxone dental claims for bellwether discovery and test trials.
A tolling agreement for Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits will provide additional time for potential claims to be investigated before they are placed on the MDL docket, where more than 10,000 individual lawsuits may soon have to be filed
As a result of the order, lawsuits over Suboxone tooth decay will move forward with a standard discovery process, preparing a small group of representative cases for early test trials in the federal MDL.
Separating the litigation to prioritize discovery into the link between Suboxone and tooth decay risks will unnecessarily delay claims for years, plaintiffs attorneys argue
Under the drug maker's proposal, plaintiffs would have to first establish that Suboxone film strips cause tooth decay and dental erosion, before any case-specific discovery begins in the recently established Suboxone MDL.
