Stryker Rejuvenate/ABG II Lawsuits Eligible for First Trial Date in MDL Expanded
A federal judge has agreed to expand the number cases eligible for Stryker Rejunvenate hip bellwether trials.
A federal judge has agreed to expand the number cases eligible for Stryker Rejunvenate hip bellwether trials.
Researchers suggest that many new innovations in hip and knee replacements are doing little to help consumers, yet may pose serious risks.
More Stryker Rejuvenate hip implants have reached settlement as litigation against the maker of the recalled modular hip systems continues to grow.
Stryker faces nearly 4,000 product liability lawsuits over the Rejuvenate and ABG II modular hip systems recalled in 2012.
Five more Stryker Rejuvenate claims have been resolved via mediation, but thousands more remain.
More than 2,300 Stryker Rejuvenate hip lawsuits have been filed by people claiming the recalled implants were defective.
A new Stryker hip replacement system is under fire by lawsuits claiming it can fret, corrode and cause metal blood poisoning.
The first Stryker Rejuvenate bellwether trials in New Jersey court have been slated for summer 2015, as settlement efforts continue.
Lawsuits selected for Stryker Rejuvenate bellwether trials will be divided based on when the hip implants were received and outcomes of revision surgery.
A federal judge is ordering several Stryker Rejuvenate lawyers to see if there is a way to repeat settlement successes seen at the state level in the federal cases.