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• Exactech Implant Settlement Results in $8M Payout Over High Failure Rates

  September 19, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Exactech has agreed to pay the Justice Department $8 million for continuing to sell knee, hip and ankle implants for years after knowing they had higher-than-acceptable failure rates.

• Settlement Reached in Biomet Vanguard Knee Replacement Lawsuit

  August 14, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A settlement is near in a Biomet Vanguard knee replacement system lawsuit claiming the implant failed because it was defectively designed.

• Zimmer Biomet Bone Cement Lawsuit Filed Over Failed Knee Replacement

  July 10, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A Zimmer Biomet bone cement lawsuit alleges that a recalled bonding agent caused permanent injuries and disfigurement following a failed knee replacement.

• Exactech Recall Lawsuits Placed On Hold While Bankruptcy Process Plays Out

  November 11, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Following an Exactech bankruptcy filing last month, the judge presiding over all lawsuits involving complications associated with the companies recalled knee, hip and ankle components, has issued a stay on the litigation.

• Cost of Exactech Recall Lawsuits Over Defective Knee and Hip Implants Leads to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing

  October 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  An Exactech bankruptcy filing has been announced, indicating that the medical manufacturer will restructure and sell itself to investor groups to resolve lawsuits over recalled knee and hip implants.

• Judge Schedules First Federal Bellwether Exactech Knee Implant Trial for September 2025

  October 23, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A New York woman’s Extactech Optetrak knee implant lawsuit has been scheduled by a federal judge to begin on September 29, 2025, which will be the first bellwether trial in the federal Exactech recall litigation.

• First Exactech Knee Lawsuit Trial Dates in MDL Rescheduled for July 6, 2025 and Sept. 29, 2025

  August 21, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has approved a schedule to prepare the first two Exactech knee lawsuits for bellwether trials starting in July 2025.

• Exactech MDL Judge Proposes Shuffling Bellwether Schedule For First Two Trial Dates

  August 12, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has agreed to switch the dates for the first and second Exactech bellwether trial after the manufacturer issued a recall earlier this year that impacts some plaintiffs whose claims have been scheduled for early trial dates.

• 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.