Plaintiff Moves to Amend After Wright Technology Moves to Dismiss Hip Complaint

SAN DIEGO - A California man has moved to amend a complaint alleging defects in a Wright Technology Pro Femur Z Stem Hip implant and asked the court to cancel a scheduled hearing on the defendant's motion to dismiss the original complaint. Staples v. Wright Medical Technology, et al., No. 8:11-cv-00977-CJC-RNB (C.D. Calif.).

Plaintiff Gregory Staples submitted the "Stipulation to File First Amended Complaint" in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Sept. 2, attaching a copy of the proposed First Amended Complaint and asserting that Wright Technology had agreed to take its motion to dismiss …