( January 17, 2024, 2:04 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) on Jan. 16 transferred a wrongful death lawsuit to the MDL in Illinois federal court for litigation involving injuries allegedly caused by the pesticide paraquat. The transferred case alleges that the makers of paraquat knew, or should have known, of the hazardous nature of the product....