NuvaRing Judge Scolds Defense Over Slew Of Motions

By James Armstrong

Law360, New York (December 14, 2009, 5:55 PM ET) -- Fed up with a deluge of motions by Organon International Inc., the federal judge in charge of multidistrict product liability litigation over the drugmaker's contraceptive NuvaRing has dismissed hundreds of the filings and warned that any similar motions will also be denied.

Judge Rodney Sippel of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Friday denied more than 223 motions for judgment on the pleadings and to dismiss, and ruled that challenges on the same grounds would be summarily denied without prejudice....
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