N.J. Supreme Court Rejects Zimmer Application to Centralize State NexGen Suits

TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey Supreme Court has denied an application for centralized management of all state court lawsuits alleging injury caused by NexGen knee implant products. Re: Application for Centralized Management of Cases Involving Certain NexGen Flex Products (N.J. Sup. Ct.).

The May 29 decision rejects a bid by NexGen manufacturer Zimmer Holdings and its affiliates to create a coordinated mass tort docket in Middlesex County Superior Court for all pending and future claims filed throughout the state.

While the order indicated that all NexGen cases should be filed in the appropriate counties of venue, nearly a …