Zimmer Opposes Transfer of 2 "Flex Knee" lawsuits to NexGen MDL

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Zimmer Inc. and affiliates have notified the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that they oppose the transfer of two lawsuits alleging defects in the Zimmer Gender Solutions Natural-Knee Flex System implants to the newly created Zimmer NexGen MDL. In re: Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2272 (JPML).

Zimmer filed its Notice of Opposition on Aug. 18 in anticipation of the JPML's first conditional transfer order (CTO-1) in the Zimmer NexGen MDL assigned to Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. That transfer order was to …