Biomet MDL Judge to Discuss Testing Protocols, Discovery Schedule at March Conference

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — U.S. District Judge Robert L. Miller Jr. said in a follow-up memo from the recent Biomet M2a Magnum Hip Implant case management conference that he will consider a proposed order for preservation of evidence at the March 18 meeting.

Judge Miller said that evidence issues, discovery deadlines and modifications to a Plaintiff Fact Sheet proposed by defendants will be discussed, as well.

Judge Miller presides over more than 140 cases coordinated in the Biomet M2a Magnum Hip Implant multidistrict proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

Judge Miller issued a memorandum …