Stryker Denied Summary Judgment in Pain Pump Injury Case

SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah federal judge has denied Stryker Corp. summary judgment on claims that it failed to warn of the risks associated with the injection of local anesthesia directly into the joint space via its pain pumps. Creech v. Stryker Corp., No. 2:07-22 (D. Utah).

On Jan. 6, Judge Dale A. Kimball of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah ruled that issues of fact exist as to whether Stryker was aware of the risk of glenohumeral chondrolysis at the time of the plaintiffs' surgeries. The judge also made several rulings as to the parties' …