Bair Hugger MDL Judge Dismisses Cases For Failure To Comply With Pretrial Order

( May 11, 2026, 2:33 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — The judge overseeing the Bair Hugger multidistrict litigation adopted a recommendation from a federal magistrate judge and ordered that six cases brought by plaintiffs who failed to comply with a pretrial order requiring them to fill out plaintiff fact sheets be dismissed with prejudice....