Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Plaintiffs Urge Judicial Panel to Assign MDL to Ark., Calif.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two groups of plaintiffs whose Stryker (NYSE: SYK) Rejuvenate hip implant cases are pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas are urging the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to transfer all related cases to that venue.

A California plaintiff, meanwhile, has suggested the Northern District of California, joining plaintiffs who have already moved to assign a Rejuvenate MDL to district courts in Minnesota or Illinois.

In a response brief filed March 12, counsel for David and Judy Reaves and plaintiffs in three other Rejuvenate actions argue that the Eastern District of Arkansas …