There are nearly 1,500 Paragard IUD removal side effect lawsuits alleging the plaintiff experienced Paragard removal side effects or other Paragard symptoms. The cases were filed in various federal courts across the country which have been transferred to the Northern District of Georgia and assigned to Judge Leigh Martin for coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict (MDL).
​A trial date has been set by the court for January 2024. The court also entered a scheduling order setting certain deadlines for the completion of discovery, expert discovery, and other pre-trial motions. Paragard IUD Removal Side Effects Lawsuits continue to be transferred by the MDL including 133 Paragard Lawsuits transferred last month. If there is no global settlement over the design defects in the Paragard IUD then at the close of discovery the parties will proceed with Bellweather trials which are essentially test cases in which a handful of sample cases are taken to trial in order to give all the parties involved a better understanding of settlement payouts victims should receive.