1st DePuy ASR Hip MDL Trial Postponed Until Sept. 24

CLEVELAND — The first scheduled trial in the DePuy ASR Hip MDL has been postponed because of unspecified unresolved legal issues and is now scheduled to begin Sept. 24, according to a last-minute pre-trial order.

The new scheduling order from Judge David A. Katz came Sept. 6, as jury selection was to conclude in preparation for a trial opening on Monday, Sept. 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Judge Katz said that a two-week delay was necessitated by the late designation of McCracken v. DePuy Orthopedics Inc., et al. for trial, which has necessitated …