Zimmer Nexgen Knee Litigation Continues To Grow
Plaintiffs Charmaine and Fred Crosley are suing Zimmer Inc. for damages caused by a knee implant. Their Zimmer NexGen knee case was filed on June , 2013 in the U.S. District Court of Forth Worth, Texas, under Judge John McBryde. This lawsuit is part of a much larger Zimmer knee lawsuit MDL (No. 2272) that is being consolidated in Northern… Read more »
Another Zimmer Knee Implant Lawsuit Moves Toward Trial
Sulzer Orthopedics Inc. (forerunner of Zimmer) was hoping for a summary judgment that would allow them to bypass a trial. After all, trials can be long, tedious and expensive – with fact-finding, disclosing documents by discovery, presenting the evidence and witness statements. There is no need for a trial if the conclusion is obvious – which is what Sulzer believed… Read more »
Zimmer NexGen Knee Plaintiff Claims Permanent Injury
On May 20, 2013, a Zimmer knee replacement lawsuit was filed on behalf of Frank Toibero and Edwina Toibero against Zimmer Inc., et al. The lawsuit claims that Frank Toibero has suffered permanent injuries as a result of an allegedly defective knee implant that was designed and manufactured by the defendants, called the Zimmer NexGen Knee. Although the plaintiffs are… Read more »
Zimmer NexGen Knee MDL Prepares for Selection of Bellwether Cases
Nearly two years after all federal Zimmer NexGen lawsuit complaints were consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL no. 2272), the presiding District Judge has released details of the selection process for the initial wave of trials, set to be brought before a jury in early 2015. Nearly a thousand product liability lawsuits have been filed by plaintiffs across the United States,… Read more »
Zimmer NexGen Knee Lawsuit to be Added to Federal MDL
A Zimmer NexGen knee lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court in Missouri, with the intention of transferring the case to coordinated proceedings in Illinois. The recent case, filed in the Eastern District of Missouri on May 14, 2013, was filed by Short Form Complaint. The Zimmer knee lawyer representing the plaintiff states the plaintiff plans to incorporate the… Read more »
