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Hip Implants
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Drug & Device Law
Statute of Repose Bars Suit in Biomet Hip Implant MDL.
We just returned from a four-night cruise that included a stop in Havana, Cuba. We won’t bore you with too many details about the dinner tablemate who proclaimed, “Let’s kill…
Drug & Device Law
Court Puts Stake in Heart of Hip Implant Negligence Claim vs. Distributor; Plaintiff’s Summary Judgment Motion Doesn’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance
Happy Halloween. We are very old school when it comes to this spooky holiday. Our pumpkins are orange, our candy bowl is full of Kit Kats, and our favorite horror…
Drug & Device Law
By the Book: Hip Implant Claims Dismissed in Middle District of Florida
Recently, the Enviably Youthful Drug and Device Law Mother has been pushing us to plan a mother/daughter vacation. Her longtime companion no longer enjoys travel, and few of her friends…
Drug & Device Law
Fifth Circuit Orders New Trial of Pinnacle Hip Implant Trial that Produced That Half-Billion Dollar Verdict
On Wednesday, the Fifth Circuit was finally able speak to what’s been going on in a Dallas courtroom that has racked up over $1.7 billion—that’s billion—in jury verdicts over the…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Hip Replacement Metal Poisoning Prompts Concern
A watchdog agency’s failure to ask questions may be the main reason many of these devices have high levels of cobalt and other dangerous metals. In the only extensive study…
Drug & Device Law
Guest Post – Before the Flood: Fifth Circuit Oral Argument on Writ of Mandamus From Pinnacle Hip Implant MDL
By Bexis
Today's guest post is by Reed Smith Houston office associate Curtis Waldo. Given the Noachic weather down there recently, one might ask "where's Waldo?" The answer is safe and sound,…
Drug & Device Law
Briefing Completed in Half-Billion-Dollar Verdict in Pinnacle MDL
This post comes from the Cozen O’Connor side of the blog. Plaintiffs and defendants have now completed briefing before the Fifth Circuit on defendants’ appeal of the $498 million verdict…
Drug & Device Law
Eleventh Circuit Affirms A Very Unhappy Unverdict Against Hip Manufacturer
A funny thing happened on the way to a defense verdict last year—after the jury decided that the defendant’s product was not defective, the MDL judge told the jurors that…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Are You the Victim of a Stryker Hip Implant?
Stryker hip implants are artificial joints that are designed to resemble a normal, healthy joint. Designed for those people who are experiencing debilitating pain in the hip, which cannot be…
Drug & Device Law
Briefing Underway in Appeal of Half-Billion-Dollar Verdict in Pinnacle MDL
This post comes from the Cozen O’Connor side of the blog. We’ve been following the Pinnacle MDL closely through the last two bellwether trials, starting with the news coming out…