Plaintiff Files Motion to Create Zimmer NexGen Knee MDL, HarrisMartin Reports

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A petition has been filed to create a coordinated MDL docket for all federal cases alleging injury caused by Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant Devices, HarrisMartin Publishing is reporting. In re: Zimmer NexGen Knee Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2272 (JPML).

The motion to transfer 28 cases pending in federal courts around the country, and all subsequent NexGen Knee Implant actions, to a single judge for pretrial proceedings was filed June 7 with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

Plaintiff Fred Stone, who filed the motion, has requested that a coordinated docket be established in the U.S. …