Magistrate Judge Won’t Condition Talc Suit Dismissal On Expert Discovery

( January 16, 2025, 1:08 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A man is free to sue whomever he wants, and because dismissal with prejudice precludes any future litigation on the claims, the talc defendant will not suffer any prejudice and is not entitled to discovery into an expert on whom the plaintiff no longer relies, a federal magistrate judge in New York said Jan. 15 in recommending that the court grant the motion....