Judge Rosenstengel issued the MDL-3004 Daubert orders 'Order Relating to Dr. Wells' and 'Order Relating to Dismissal of Cases' (both dated 2024-04-17 on the S.D. Ill. court's MDL page), excluding plaintiffs' sole causation expert Dr. Martin Wells as unreliable and granting judgment against the first four bellwether cases; the court then ordered selection of a new bellwether pool.

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