Plaintiff Asks JPML to Consolidate, Transfer Propecia Cases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A man who claims the hair loss drug Propecia causes erectile dysfunction has asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to centralize and transfer all Propecia cases to the Eastern District of New York or the Western District of Washington for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. In re Propecia Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2331 (JPML).

In a Dec. 6 motion, Christopher Masefield asserts that the actions are well suited for consolidation under 28 U.S.C. Section 1407 because they share the same defendants, the same basic theory of liability and the same basic factual allegations. He adds …