Stryker Pain Pump Action Transferred to Virginia Federal Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal judge has granted Stryker Corp.’s (NYSE: SYK) motion to transfer a pain pump action to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, explaining that a substantial part of the events giving rise to the alleged injury occurred in that district.

On April 19, Judge Ellen S. Huvelle of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia further found the private and public interest factors favor the Western District of Virginia.

Theresa Kuennen underwent shoulder surgery on Feb. 16, 2006. After the surgery, her surgeon affixed a Stryker pain pump which injected …