Federal Judge Stays 2 DePuy ASR Cases Without Ruling on Remand

NEW ORLEANS - U.S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman has granted defense motions to stay proceedings in two Louisiana DePuy ASR hip implant cases pending transfer to the federal MDL, saying that plaintiffs' pending motions for remand can be resolved by the transferee judge. Colvin v. DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., et al., No. 11-2222; Rizk v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., et al., No. 11-2272 (E.D. La.).

Judge Feldman entered orders on Oct. 19 granting stays in actions that were brought initially in Louisiana state courts by Floyd V. Colvin and Marlene Rizk and removed by defendants to the U.S. District Court for …