Florida Plaintiffs Adopt Zimmer MDL Complaint
On April 27, 2012, Michael Neilson and Ernestine Neilson, both residents of Florida, filed a Zimmer NexGen knee failure lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis). With the help of their Zimmer knee lawyer, the plaintiffs opted to join the Zimmer multidistrict litigation (the case was transferred on January 12, 2012), and as… Read more »
Zimmer Seeks to Limit Scope of NexGen Knee MDL
Zimmer Orthopaedics, Inc. is opposing the transfer of two Zimmer knee lawsuits to the multidistrict litigation (MDL) currently underway in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The MDL was established to handle the growing number of claims filed by plaintiffs through a Zimmer knee lawyer. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has agreed to consider the… Read more »
Consumer Reports Exposes Lack of Pre-Market Testing for Metal Implants
A recent article in Consumer Reports magazine suggests that the lack of pre-market testing of medical devices harms patients and leads to significant device failures, including those reported in regard to metal hip and knee implants. Arguments made by Zimmer knee lawyer reach mainstream Cases filed by a Zimmer knee lawyer on behalf of plaintiffs alleging to have suffered serious… Read more »
North Carolina Couple Blames Manufacturer for Zimmer Knee Problems
North Carolina resident Ellen Garrison and her spouse, Clifford, represented by their Zimmer knee lawyer, filed a lawsuit claiming Zimmer knee problems on January 12, 2012, in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. The case was transferred to the current Zimmer knee MDL in the Northern District of Illinois on April 4, 2012. The plaintiffs adopted the short… Read more »
Missouri Plaintiff Joins Zimmer Knee MDL
On April 4, 2012, Marsha Chandler’s Zimmer knee lawsuit was transferred from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri (Kansas City) to the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago), headquarters of the Zimmer knee MDL. Her lawyer, who originally filed the case on March 22, 2012, lists the plaintiff’s Zimmer knee problems, including device loosening, as cause for… Read more »
