Stryker Again Attacks Claims Asserted in Accolade Hip Replacement Lawsuit on Pleading Grounds

SAN FRANCISCO –– Stryker has again moved to dismiss a lawsuit involving its Accolade hip replacement system, reasserting challenges to the plaintiff’s allegations, specifically whether the complaint pleads facts sufficient to state claims for relief.

In the July 7 motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Stryker Corp. additionally said that the plaintiff also asserts a claim for punitive damages that fails to meet requirements outlined in California law.

“Plaintiff received the allegedly ‘defective’ hip prosthesis more than three years ago,” the defendant asserted. “He has had more than ample opportunity, through examination …