Stryker Denied Summary Judgment in Pain Pump Chondrolysis Case

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Applying Minnesota law, a Wyoming federal judge has denied Stryker Corp.'s motion for summary judgment on claims that it knew, but failed to warn, of the risks associated with the use of its pain pumps in the joint space. Woodard v. Stryker Corp., et al., No. 11-36 (D. Wyo.).

On Feb. 9, Chief Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal of the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming ruled that the plaintiff has established an issue of fact as to whether, at the time of his surgery, Stryker had actual or constructive knowledge of potential dangers of use …