The court overseeing the coordinated litigation in New Jersey state court over the birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella recently issued a case management order. See CMO No. 25 - Bellwether Trial Selection Plan.

Here at MassTortDefense we are always interested in the nuts and bolts of how mass tort litigation is managed, and have posted about bellwether trials before. The NJ court order calls for creation of a pool of 18 cases from which the first trials will come. Nine will be selected by plaintiffs and nine by defendant. Of the nine on each side, 3 must allege each of the three main alleged injuries in this litigation.