JPML Creates Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant MDL

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has just released an order transferring 28 cases involving Zimmer NexGen knee implant products to a centralized docket in Illinois. In re: Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2272 (N.D. Ill.).

The panel made the announcement this afternoon, saying that the 28 existing lawsuits "involve common questions of fact."

The panel assigned the cases to U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer of the Northern District of Illinois.

'The subject actions share factual issues arising from allegations that Zimmer's 'high-flex' femoral components (i.e., the Cruciate Retaining (CR) and Legacy …