JPML Separates Minn. Plaintiff's ASR and Pinnacle Hip Replacement Claims

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has divided DePuy ASR and Pinnacle hip implant claims asserted by a Minnesota woman in a single federal lawsuit and conditionally assigned them to pending MDLs in Texas and Ohio. Sevre, et al. v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., et al., No. 11-01461 (D. Minn.).

The JPML issued its order on June 21, assigning Carol L. Sevre's DePuy ASR Hip Implant claims to the Northern District of Ohio, while separating and conditionally transferring her remaining claims to the DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant MDL pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District …