MDL Petitions for Hip Devices, 3T Heater-Cooler, Mirena & Farxiga to be Heard Next Month in Phoenix

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The JPML has issued its schedule for the upcoming hearing session in Phoenix, indicating it will consider motions to create MDL dockets for federal cases involving injuries allegedly caused by Farxiga, Mirena, 3T Heater-Cooler Systems and hip implant components manufactured by Stryker and Smith & Nephew.

In its Feb. 14 hearing notice for the regularly scheduled March 30 meeting, the JPML designated the related transfer and coordination motions for oral argument beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Phoenix’s Sandra Day O’Connor United States Courthouse.

Among the cases being heard are “second-chance” petitions for the intrauterine device Mirena and …