Plaintiffs Move to Quash Zimmer’s Subpoenas to Seek Discovery from Third-Party Physician Medical Review

CHICAGO –– Two plaintiffs with claims pending in the national coordinated docket for claims relating to Zimmer’s NexGen Knee implant have moved to quash subpoenas the defendant served on Physician Medical Review, arguing that the documents sought by the defendant are protected by attorney-client privilege or the work-product doctrine.

In an April 4 motion to quash filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the plaintiffs said that the parties on which the subpoenas were served are pre-trial consultants and “will not testify at trial.”

“All communications and exchanges between plaintiffs, plaintiffs’ counsel, PMR, G. Schosheim, …