Stryker Hip Implant MDL Seeks Input on Coordination from State Court Judges

MINNEAPOLIS — The federal judge overseeing the Stryker Rejuvenate and ABGII Hip Implant MDL has reached out to jurists handling similar claims in three state courts, requesting input on how coordination among their respective state and federal jurisdictions might foster efficient resolution of the cases.

Judge Donovan W. Frank, who was assigned the coordinated docket in June when the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict transferred all pending and future Stryker hip cases to the U.S. District Court in Minnesota, said in the Feb. 18 letter that his intent in seeking coordination is to avoid conflicting rulings on key issues as …