Today Judge Dylina denied PG&E’s request to throw out of court the victims’ claims for punitive damages. Instead, he is leaving the question of whether PG&E should pay punitive damages to the jury.
PG&E argued that the punitive damages issue was getting in the way of settlement negotiations. PG&E says it has done nothing deserving of punishment.
More than 100 federal lawsuits have been filed across the country as a result of consumers being killed or injured by the side-effects of the anti-coagulant Pradaxa, manufactured by the German company Boehringer Ingelheim. 
Those suits have now been consolidated in a "Multi-District Litigation" proceeding, and they have all been sent to a judge
Judge Dylina has postponed argument on whether the victims’ claims for punitive damages against PG&E should be thrown out of court. Arguments will now be heard on October 29 instead of October 15.
The judge also postponed to December 21 arguments on what evidence, if any, will be excluded from trial.
The trial date of
Two years ago Chris Chandler was killed by a southbound motorist as he tried to cross El Camino at Isabella in Atherton. After investigating the design of the crosswalk, we filed suit against Caltrans on behalf of Chris’ family. We’ve been arguing in court that the crosswalk is dangerous and that Caltrans should either fix
