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• 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.

• 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.