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• Two More Exactech Lawsuits Over Defective Optetrak Knee Implants Set For Trial in MDL

  May 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has selected four Exactech knee lawsuits to serve as bellwether trials, which will be held in June, August and October of 2025, with the fourth scheduled to begin in January 2026.

• Exactech Knee Lawsuits Set For MDL Bellwether Trials in June 2025 and August 2025

  April 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has selected three Exactech knee lawsuits to serve as early test cases to go before juries in 2025.

• Exactech Knee Replacement Lawsuits Will Be Selected for Bellwether Process on April 15, As Settlement Talks Continue

  April 9, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Parties are in Exactech lawsuits are to submit their selections for early knee replacement bellwether trials by April 15,after a judge rejected defendants' request for a stay in the litigation and closed-door settlement conference.

• Plaintiffs Indicate Exactech Hip and Knee Settlements are “Nowhere Close”, In Urging Judge To Reject Request for Off-Record Conference

  April 1, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A letter from plaintiffs in Exactech hip and knee lawsuits asks the Court to reject a request by defendants to pause the litigation while global settlements are discussed.

• Exactech Pushes For Settlement Negotiations Instead of Trial Prep for Lawsuits Over Recalled Knee, Hip Implants

  March 26, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Exactech is requesting global settlement negotiations in hopes of resolving about 2,000 knee and hip implant recall lawsuits.

• Exactech Gets FDA Warning Letter Over Packaging Defects That Led to Implant Recalls, Lawsuits

  March 20, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA has issued a warning letter to Exactech due to numerous problems with packaging defects that have led to recalls, device failures, and lawsuits.

• Knee Replacement Lawsuits Against Exactech To Be Prepared For First Bellwether Trial in June 2025

  January 31, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A total of eight knee injury cases are to be selected to serve as potential early bellwether Exactech implant lawsuit trials, with the first case scheduled to go before juries in June.

• Exactech Equinoxe Shoulder Replacement Problems May Be Caused By Defective Packaging: FDA

  January 17, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA warns that Exactech Equinoxe Shoulder System implants may be prone to premature failure due to the same defective packaging that led to recalls of hip, knee and ankle devices.

• Exactech Faces More Than 1,500 Lawsuits Over Recalled Knee, Hip and Ankle Replacements

  December 19, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  Exactech knee, hip and ankle replacement lawsuits continue to be filed as parties prepare lists of potential bellwether cases for early test trials.

• Exactech Knee and Hip Implant Lawsuit Bellwether Plan Proposed for MDL and Florida State Court Litigation

  August 14, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  Parties involved in Exactech knee and hip implant lawsuits have proposed a bellwether trial plan which would include coordination with the state of Florida, where hundreds more claims are filed.