Sotera Health SHC Georgia — Number of remanded pool cases

On October 31, 2025, the Court of Appeals of Georgia ruled on the Phase 1 General Causation Appeals, finding that as Sterigenics contended on appeal, the First General Causation Ruling failed to apply the proper standard for determining the admissibility of expert testimony on general causation, vacating the First General Causation Ruling and remanding the pool cases to the Georgia Trial Court with instructions to apply the proper standard in ruling on general causation issues. The Court of Appeals also instructed the Georgia Trial Court to consider whether plaintiffs can prove general causation through epidemiological evidence and background risks of the diseases at issue. On March 30, 2026, the Georgia Trial Court granted defendants’ motions to exclude plaintiffs’ general causation experts and entered summary judgment for defendants in the five remanded pool cases (the “Second General Causation Ruling and Judgment”). Plaintiffs in the five remanded pool cases appealed the Second General Causation Ruling and Judgment to the Court of Appeals of Georgia (the “Second Phase 1 General Causation Appeals”). Proceedings in the Georgia Trial Court are stayed pending resolution of the Second Phase 1 General Causation Appeals and the Phase 2 Specific Causation Appeals.