Zimmer Asks Panel to Deny Bid to Create NexGen Knee Products Liability MDL

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Zimmer Inc. and related entities named in product liability suits over allegedly defective knee implant products have filed a brief opposing the creation of an MDL docket for all similar cases filed in federal court, HarrisMartin is reporting in its Hip & Knee Implant Litigation Report. In re: Zimmer NexGen Knee Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2272 (JPML).

Zimmer says in a June 28 filing before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that the creation of a NexGen MDL would create no net efficiency for litigants because of the myriad knee replacement products and attendant theories of …