Motion to Compel Defendants' Human Tissue Data Denied

NEWARK, N.J. - Plaintiffs in the Human Tissue litigation have been denied an opportunity to force defendants to disclose reams of information they said is needed to respond to a so-called 'science first' motion that described the process used to sterilize harvested human tissue prior to transplantation. In re Human Tissue Products Liability Litigation, No. 06-135 (D. N.J.).

On Dec. 27, Magistrate Judge Ronald J. Hedges of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied the plaintiffs motion to compel the additional data, which plaintiffs said should have been produced months ago in response to an initial …