After all federal Zimmer Durom Cup hip lawsuits were consolidated last year as part of a multidistrict litigation, or MDL, individual discovery and proceedings on the cases were stayed while the parties continued settlement negotiations. However, the litigation is now starting to move forward, as Zimmer has been ordered to answer or respond to the complaints in a number of cases where mediation has occurred and no settlement has been reached.…
A pair of class action lawsuits were filed this month in Canada against the manufacturers of defective hip replacement systems that were recalled in the United States in recent years. …
A panel of federal judges is set to decide whether all lawsuits over recalled DePuy ASR hip replacements should be centralized and consolidated during pretrial litigation in one court. …
A class action lawsuit has been filed in Canada over the Zimmer Durom Cup hip replacement recall, alleging that the manufacturer ignored signs of problems with the hip implant and allowed sales to continue in Canada without adequate warnings.…
Orthopedic surgeons are preparing to launch a new registry designed to track problems with hip and knee implants across the United States in hopes of detecting potentially defective artificial joint replacement systems as early as possible. …
In response to a motion filed last month with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to consolidate and centralize all DePuy ASR hip implant lawsuits for pretrial proceedings before one judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, DePuy Orthopedics filed a response brief last week opposing the proposed selection of the Judge Susan D. Wigenton to preside over the cases.…
A senior U.S. senator is asking questions about reported problems with Zimmer hip and knee replacement systems and is asking the medical device manufacturer whether there are problems with other products that have not yet been reported. …
A California man has filed a Zimmer hip replacement lawsuit, alleging that a Durom Cup implant he received is defective and caused him to suffer severe pain. The case joins a growing number of product liability lawsuits over the Zimmer Durom Cup that have been filed throughout the United States.…
After years of paying a prominent orthopedic surgeon millions of dollars to train doctors and serve as consultant, Zimmer Holdings dismissed their star surgeon’s concerns about problems with Zimmer NexGen knee replacement systems and cut off their relationship. …
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has decided that all federal lawsuits over Zimmer Durom Cup hip implants, which involve allegations that the hip replacement device caused problems such as loosening of the hip joint and the need for additional surgery, should be consolidated for pretrial litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. …
