Ga. Federal Court Schedules Nov. 9 Trial for Wright Conserve Hip Implant Claims

ATLANTA –– The federal court overseeing the Wright Conserve Hip Implant coordinated docket has scheduled a trial for Nov. 9, according to a recent order.

In the Sept. 21 order, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia instructed the parties to file in limine motions by Oct. 2 and set the pretrial conference for Nov. 2.

Utah resident Robyn Christiansen alleges that on April 24, 2006, she was implanted with the Wright Conserve Hip Implant System. According to Christiansen, the system "omits the polyethylene liner and instead puts the cobalt-chromium metal Conserve femoral ball directly in …