The Zyprexa Chronicles: Judge Jack Wants A Trial

US District Court Judge Jack Weinstein has moved along many of the outstanding lawsuits against Eli Lilly over Zyprexa to such a point that he is now calling for a trial on many of the remaining suits beginning October 15. Some suits in the class action will be shipped back to their respective districts.

I personally hope some of these cases reach trial. I'd like to see as many of the 11 million pages of Lilly's internal documents introduced into the public realm as possible, so that the public then has a chance to assess Lilly's prior claim that the leaked Zyprexa documents in no way indicate how the company handled the drug and concerns about injuries caused by the drug. I bet a jury won't see things that way.

Something tells me Lilly will settle before trial.

BTW, if any of these cases goes to trial, I am going to try and find a way to get my butt to Brooklyn so I can cover the proceedings because there's no chance in hell that Court TV will cover them.