Judge in DePuy Pinnacle MDL Amends Schedule for Discovery, Pretrial Motions

DALLAS — U.S. District Judge James “Ed” Kinkeade has signed an amended scheduling order in the DePuy Pinnacle hip implant MDL, extending discovery until the end of December and asking for opposition to any dispositive motions by July 1, 2014.

The First Amended Case Management Order No. 8 was filed Jan. 23 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, where the Pinnacle hip implant cases have been assigned.

In extending the discovery schedule to Dec. 31, Judge Kinkeade noted that the previous deadline was Dec. 1.

The deadline for oppositions to dispositive and Daubert motions in …