Ariz. Resident’s Biomet M2a Hip Implant Case Transferred from Calif. To Colo.

SAN FRANCISCO — An Arizona woman’s lawsuit that was filed in California for injuries caused by a Biomet M2a-Magnum Hip System has been sent to Colorado, where the plaintiff lived at the time the device was implanted.

A California federal judge ruled Aug. 31 that the claims of Diane Winningham, who also filed the first petition to have all federal Biomet M2a-Magnum cases coordinated in an MDL, have no connection to California, apart from Winningham’s suggestion that the MDL docket be established there.

Winningham sued Biomet in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California after the M2a system …