Stryker Pain Pump Lawsuit Time-Barred, Utah Federal Judge Rules

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s two-year statute of limitations bars a pain pump lawsuit brought against Stryker Corp. because the plaintiff was on inquiry notice and had a duty to investigate the identity of the device manufacturer no later than March 2011, a federal judge has ruled.

In a Sept. 2 order, Senior Judge David Sam of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah said the plaintiff failed to explain why she waited until March 2013 to seek additional information on the identity of manufacturer of her pain pump when she was on notice in March 2011 that …