Bellwether NexGen Plaintiffs File Emergency Motion to Exclude Testimony of Scuderi

CHICAGO –– Plaintiffs asserting NexGen Knee Implant claims scheduled to start trial next week have filed an emergency motion to exclude the testimony of Dr. Giles Scuderi, according to the court’s online docket.

The plaintiffs filed the motion under seal in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Oct. 2.

Bellwether plaintiff Kathy Batty alleged in her complaint that she underwent total knee replacements on both knees in April 2009 in effort to help her degenerative joint disease. Her doctors implanted her with a NexGen LPS-Flex Gender Solutions femoral component (NexGen Flex) and a NexGen Stemmed …