Judicial Panel Adds Zimmer NexGen Petition to July 28 Hearing Agenda

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has added the motion to create an MDL docket for Zimmer NexGen knee implant cases to a lengthy July 28 agenda in San Francisco. In re: Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2272 (JPML).

The panel's Notice of Hearing Session agenda was released June 14 and includes the petition to coordinate and transfer all federal Zimmer NexGen knee device cases to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

The petition to consolidate the Zimmer NexGen knee implant cases is one of 25 motions scheduled for …