Durom Cup MDL Court Grants 2 Motions to Reduce Benefit Fund Assessments

NEWARK, N.J. - A federal magistrate judge has granted motions to reduce the common benefit fund assessments against two plaintiffs in the Zimmer Durom Cup multidistrict litigation who maintained that they litigated and settled without significant assistance from other counsel. Allen v. Zimmer Holdings Inc., No. 2:10-cv-02772; Conte v. Zimmer Holdings Inc., et al., No. 2:10-cv-02774 (D. N.J.).

Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo, who assists Judge Susan D. Wigenton in the Zimmer Durom Hip Cup Products Liability Litigation MDL in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey, issued nearly identical orders Jan. 19, reducing the assessments from 4 to 1 …