Dan A. Polster
Born 1/1/1951
Judicial Career
- judOHND8/3/1998 – present
Biography
Dan Aaron Polster is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Polster mediated a settlement between the city of Cleveland and the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy who was killed by a white police officer in 2014. In December 2017, a federal judicial panel selected Polster to preside over more than 3,000 consolidated prescription opioid-related lawsuits in multidistrict litigation known as the National Prescription Opiate Litigation. A trial for the litigation began in October 2021.
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Recent opinions
View all →- Ihf Ltd. v. Myra BagJun 13, 2019
- KazaziMar 1, 2019
- Cherokee Nation v. McKesson Corp. (In re Nat'l Prescription Opiate Litig.)Sep 4, 2018
- In re Nat'l Prescription Opiate Litig.Jul 26, 2018
- MaclinMar 26, 2018
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