Stryker Asks for Summary Judgment in Scorpio Knee Plaintiff’s Defect Suit

NEW YORK — Stryker Corp. has asked a federal court for leave to move for summary judgment motion on the sole remaining claim in a polyethylene knee device case following the court’s decision to bar plaintiff’s design expert and deny a motion to amend the complaint.

Stryker’s request for leave to file came in a Sept. 27 letter to the Magistrate Judge Ramon E. Reyes Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, which adopted the magistrate judge’s report and recommendations Sept. 23 barring the nonmedical testimony proffered by implant surgeon Dr. Gregory Montalbano on …