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Bill Madden's Blog
Medical: Appeal re hip prothesis management (NSW).
By Bill Madden
Taylor v Woodgate [2025] NSWCA 270 (Link to Caselaw). This decision was published with a headnote, which is copied below. Background The respondent, Dr Woodgate, is an orthopaedic surgeon who…
Drug & Device Law
MDL Time: Forever and a Day Later, California Law Applies To Hip Implant Claims
A case we reviewed a couple of months ago came to mind recently, not only because of its result, but also because how long it has been kicking around in…
Drug & Device Law
Hip, Hip … Meh? N.D. Cal. Issues Mixed Bag of Rulings on Hip Implant Claim
We have often characterized judicial options as mixed bags, and a recent example of such a mixed bag can be found in Muldoon v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., 2024 U.S. Dist.…
Drug & Device Law
15 Years After the Fact, This MDL Remand Case Is Still at the Pleading Stage
By Bexis
The title is ridiculous, but unfortunately true. Muldoon v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., is a suit over “hip-replacement surgery conducted in 2007.” 2024 WL 1892907, at *1 (N.D. Cal. April 30,…
Drug & Device Law
Another Dismissal in the Birmingham Hip MDL
By Eric Hudson
We’ve been posting about decisions from In re Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2775, since 2018. Its preemption ruling on defendant’s motion…
Drug & Device Law
Wisconsin Warnings Decision Leaves Us Woeful
When is a warning not a warning? Apparently when it’s given in Wisconsin. Here are the facts which led to the denial of summary judgment in Platten v. Dean Health…
Drug & Device Law
Eighth Circuit Upholds Jury Verdict for Plaintiff in Hip Implant Case
We think that a product can either be in a “defective condition unreasonably dangerous” or not in a “defective condition unreasonably dangerous.” But it can’t be both. Unfortunately, the Eighth…
Expert Institute Insights
Plaintiff Awarded $4.5 Million After Hip Implant Breaks in Half
Case Overview Case Name: Alan Warner and Patricia Warner v. Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Wright Medical Group, Inc., Brad L. Penenberg M.D. and Harlan C. Amstutz M.D., No. BC475958 Case…
Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Recall Litigation Report: Exactech Joint Replacement Products
When a product is recalled, class action lawsuits are not the only threat. Recalled products can also give rise to droves of individual actions. This is the case for Exactech,…
Drug & Device Law
Summary Judgment for Defendants in Hip Implant Case out of the District of Oregon
For the first time in two years, we write from the confines of our office in downtown Philadelphia. While we loved the full-time “work from home” regime, we have fondly…