The Madison County Record reported on January 12th that U.S. District Judge David Herndon (who is in charge of Yaz litigation) will hold the first Yaz trial on April 30th if good-faith mediation fails. Judge Herndon canceled a January 9th trial because the parties hoped that mediation could bring about fair Yaz settlements.
Judge Herndon made it clear that his goal is to seek a swift and equitable resolution to the thousands of Yaz lawsuits currently pending – without the necessity of thousands of trials:
"[A] strategy that contemplates trying thousands, even hundreds or dozens of cases of this nature is a disingenuous tactic for both sides given the expense on each side of the issue. "
There may very well be some Yaz trials in the future, but the odds are strongly against every case going to trial. The reasons are simple: There isn’t enough time, and Bayer doesn’t have enough money. There are close to 10,000 Yaz cases pending. If you assume it will cost Bayer $1 million to try each case, that’s $10 billion dollars in case costs before a single plaintiff is paid. And it would take decades to try 10,000 cases. So there will eventually be some sort of mass resolution of these cases. The question is when, and for how much.
If you’d like to speak to an attorney regarding a potential Yaz case, please give us a call at 888-315-3997. We’re here to help and look forward to taking your call.
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