The first of four bellwether trials in the Xarelto® (rivaroxaban) multidistrict litigation in Louisiana Federal Court is currently underway. Plaintiff Joseph Boudreaux, 74, of Lockport, La., alleges that he developed gastrointestinal bleeding after he began taking Xarelto in 2014, requiring hospitalization, numerous blood transfusions and other serious treatments. As previously reported in this blog, this litigation...