JPML Will Hear Stryker LFIT, Smith & Nephew R3 Implant Coordination Petitions at March Hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will hear petitions for the creation of coordinated dockets in separate Stryker LFIT and Smith & Nephew R3 implants at a March hearing, according to a notice.

In a Feb. 14 notice of hearing session, the JPML indicated that it will hear petitions for coordination in a number of matters, including those filed in cases relating to Stryker Orthopaedics’ LFIT V40 Femoral Head and Smith & Nephew BHR and R3 Hip Implants.

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. opposed the motion to create a coordinated pretrial docket for claims relating to its …