Zimmer Moves for Final Judgment Following Favorable Verdict in Trilogy Hip Case

MARSHALL, Texas — Zimmer Inc. has asked a Texas federal judge to enter final judgment in accordance with a favorable jury verdict in an action involving its Trilogy Acetabular Hip Implant System.

On May 19, Zimmer asked Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to issue a ruling reflecting the jury’s findings that there was no manufacturing defect in the device at the time it left the Zimmer’s possession, and that Zimmer did not engage in any false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice that the implanting surgeon relied upon to the plaintiff’s …