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• Polyethylene Insert in Recalled Exactech Knee Implant Failed, Leading to Revision Surgery, Lawsuit Claims

  March 7, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  An Exactech knee implant lawsuit alleges a polyethylene tibial insert, later recalled due to defective packaging, failed, resulting in the need for revision surgery.

• Information About Exactech Implant Failure Risks To Be Presented During MDL Science Day

  February 17, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  Parties have proposed a "Science Day" in mid-April to educate the court on the scientific principles behind Exactech implant failure risks.

• Exactech Truliant Knee Lawsuit Filed After Revision Surgery Caused By Degraded Polyethylene Insert

  January 18, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A Exactech Truliant knee system lawsuit claims defective packaging led to device failure and the need for revision surgery.

• Exactech Total Knee Failure Resulted in Revision Surgery, Lawsuit Alleges

  January 6, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A woman who suffered an Exactech total knee failure says the manufacturer knew about the problems with the implant for years without providing proper warnings.

• Exactech Recall Lawyers Appointed to MDL Leadership Positions

  December 29, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has appointed 27 Exactech recall lawyers to leadership positions in the consolidated federal litigation.

• Zimmer Nexgen Knee Implant Ban Pending in U.K., Due to High Failure Rate

  December 13, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  U.K, regulators say an unacceptably high failure rate among Zimmer Nexgen knee implant recipients will lead them to announce a ban of the devices next week.

• Exactech Logic Knee Lawsuit Filed Over Premature Liner Failure, Which Resulted in Revision Surgery

  December 1, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  An Exactech Logic knee lawsuit filed by a New York woman indicates her tibial insert failed, only to be replaced with another defective insert that was later recalled.

• Corticosteroid Knee Injections May Actually Worsen Progression of Osteoarthritis: Study

  November 30, 2022

  Martha Garcia

  A new study warns that corticosteroid injections to treat osteoarthritis of the knee can result in disease progression while providing little pain relief.

• Lawsuit Alleges Exactech Knee Complications Resulted From Defectively Packaged Tibial Component

  November 17, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  An Optetrak Total Knee System lawsuit claims Exactech knew the device had high failure rates due to the risk of complications, but delayed recalling the devices.

• MDL Judge to Meet With Exactech Recall Attorneys for Initial Status Conference November 17

  November 10, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  Exactech recall attorneys will meet with a federal judge for the first time to begin structuring the pretrial proceedings for the joint replacement litigation.