Durom Cup Plaintiffs Say Zimmer Slow to Meet Requests for Employee Documents

NEWARK, N.J. - Plaintiffs in the Zimmer Durom Hip Cup MDL have complained that Zimmer is not meeting an agreed-upon schedule for production of employee custodial files and have asked the presiding judge to include discovery issues on an upcoming conference agenda. In re: Zimmer Durom Hip Cup Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2158 [No. 09-4414] (D. N.J.).

Plaintiffs' counsel made the request in an Oct. 20 letter to Judge Madeline C. Arleo of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

The parties are scheduled to confer on Oct. 24, but it is not known if …