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In Re: Zimmer Nexgen Knee Implant Products Liability Litigation

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Case Number:

1:11-cv-05468

Court:

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit:

890(Other Statutory Actions)

Judge:

Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

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  1. March 14, 2016

    Zimmer Picks 2nd Bellwether Suit Over Knee Implants

    Zimmer Inc. has picked a Michigan man who has suffered “unbearable” pain following a 2007 knee replacement surgery as the plaintiff for the second bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over the company's NexGen knee implants, which he blames for his woes.

  2. November 12, 2015

    Zimmer's Expert Takedown Poses Hurdles For Knee Patients

    Zimmer won the first bellwether trial in the federal multidistrict litigation over its NexGen knee implant series in part by successfully curbing its adversary's expert testimony on the adequacy of its warnings, which means the plaintiffs now must fight harder for such testimony in future trials or retool their strategy, attorneys say.

  3. November 06, 2015

    Jury Clears Zimmer Of Design Defect In 1st Knee Implant Trial

    Zimmer survived its first test in sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging a design defect in its NexGen knee implant series, with an Illinois federal jury Friday rejecting claims brought by a bellwether plaintiff who said two poorly designed implants caused her irreparable harm.

  4. November 05, 2015

    Jury Deliberating In 1st Zimmer Knee Implant Bellwether

    Attorneys for a woman who claims a Zimmer knee implant failed her twice accused the company Thursday of putting profit before patient safety as the first test trial in multidistrict litigation against the medical device manufacturer in Illinois federal court went to the jury.

  5. October 26, 2015

    Zimmer Asks For Win In 1st Knee-Impant Bellwether Trial

    Medical device manufacturer Zimmer Inc. told the Illinois federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over knee implants on Friday that the expert opinions presented at trial by a Pennsylvania knee patient failed to show that a design defect or inadequate warnings actually caused her problems.

  6. October 23, 2015

    Knee Implant Patient Testifies In 1st Zimmer Test Trial

    The first person to take on medical device manufacturer Zimmer Inc. in multidistrict litigation over supposedly faulty knee implants told a jury Friday of her anger and sadness when she learned her Zimmer device had failed, forcing her to undergo a second surgery to repair the damage.

  7. October 07, 2015

    Zimmer Rips Bellwether Delays In Knee Implant MDL

    Zimmer Inc. claimed Wednesday that multidistrict litigation over its allegedly defective knee implants has been stymied by plaintiffs' "serial abandonment" of proposed bellwether cases, and urged the Illinois federal judge presiding over the case to force the plaintiffs to get the ball rolling.

  8. September 01, 2015

    Zimmer Calls Knee Implant MDL Trial Plan A Waste Of Time

    Zimmer Inc. told the Illinois federal court managing multidistrict litigation over the company's knee implants on Monday that the current trial plan will waste years on lopsided bellwether cases the parties pick, pressing the court to select the cases for trial instead.

  9. August 14, 2015

    Zimmer Expert's Model Survives Attack In Knee Implant MDL

    An Illinois federal judge on Thursday denied a bellwether plaintiff's attempt to strike an expert's computer model based on an 80-year-old man from multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective Zimmer Inc. NexGen Flex knee implants, finding that the model can be applied to the 54-year-old female plaintiff.

  10. March 16, 2015

    Zimmer Names 3 Bellwether Cases In Knee Implant MDL

    Zimmer Inc. on Monday submitted its choice of three cases for bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation over its allegedly defective knee implants to the judge overseeing the litigation in Illinois federal court.