Zimmer Moves to Remand 14 'Non-MDL Component' Cases From NexGen MDL

CHICAGO - Plaintiffs in the Zimmer NexGen knee implant MDL have until April 5 to respond to a motion to remand 14 cases defendants say would expand the coordinated proceedings beyond what the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation intended. In re: Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2172 [Master Docket No. 1:11-cv-05468] (N.D. Ill.).

Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois responded to a joint motion for clarification of a previous minute order March 1 by setting the April 5 deadline for plaintiffs' response and April 9 for defendants' …