Upcoming Hearing on Remand Cited by Nevada DePuy Hip Plaintiffs Fighting Transfer

LAS VEGAS — Plaintiffs in one of the 14 Nevada DePuy ASR hip implant cases included on a conditional transfer order have asked a federal judge to reconsider the stay imposed last month in light of another district judge’s decision to address the same remand issues in an upcoming hearing.

Carol K. Tobler and her husband and co-plaintiff note in their Aug. 27 motion for reconsideration that Judge Robert C. Jones of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada denied the stay sought by DePuy and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) in a similar case, and they call …