"MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION IS LITIGATION PENDING IN MORE THAN ONE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT INVOLVING COMMON QUESTIONS OF FACT. WHEN SUCH CASES INVOLVE CIVIL ACTIONS, THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION MAY TRANSFER THEM TO ANY FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT FOR COORDINATED AND CONSOLIDATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS."
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
"NO, IT IS NOT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. ALTHOUGH THE LEGAL THEORIES ARE THE SAME FOR EACH CASE, THE INDIVIDUAL DAMAGES ARE DIFFERENT, AND, THEREFORE, CANNOT BE A CLASS ACTION."