Nov. Trial Set in Case Against Wright Medical; Third-Party Claims Filed Against Orthopedic Surgeon

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. –– A November trial date has been scheduled in a hip replacement action filed against Wright Medical, who has conversely filed a third-party complaint against the orthopedic surgeon and the decedent’s hospital, saying she never should have been a candidate for implant surgery.

Sources told HarrisMartin that the trial is currently scheduled to begin on Nov. 6 in the West Virginia 17th Judicial Circuit Court for Harrison County.

The plaintiff filed the underlying complaint in November 2015, contending that his wife, Marsha Jane Snider died in November 2013 as a direct result of a hip implant that …