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In Re: Zimmer Nexgen Knee Implant Products Liability Litigation

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Case Number:

1:11-cv-05468

Court:

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit:

890(Other Statutory Actions)

Judge:

Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

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  1. June 12, 2018

    Zimmer NexGen MDL Nears Finish With Confidential Deal

    Counsel for a group of consumers who claim Zimmer Inc.'s NexGen knee implants failed as a result of flawed design told the Illinois federal judge overseeing their multidistrict litigation Tuesday that they have agreed on terms for a final confidential settlement.

  2. February 14, 2018

    Zimmer Reaches Tentative Settlement In Knee-Implant MDL

    Zimmer Inc. and consumers in multidistrict litigation over alleged defects in NexGen knee implants told an Illinois federal judge this week that they've reached a settlement in principle to potentially end the nearly seven-year-old case.

  3. August 18, 2017

    It's Time For Deal Talks, Attys In Zimmer Knee MDL Told

    The Illinois federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over medical device manufacturer Zimmer Inc.’s NexGen knee implants said Friday she expects the parties to engage in serious settlement talks or mediation in the more than six-year-old case.

  4. August 02, 2017

    Zimmer Says Expert Reports Lacking In 95 Knee MDL Cases

    Medical device maker Zimmer Inc. urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to toss 95 suits in multidistrict litigation over allegedly faulty knee implants, saying the patients' experts provided unreliable testimony.

  5. May 25, 2017

    Zimmer Knee Implant Cases Will Move Forward As MDL

    An Illinois federal judge has said she will not disband multidistrict litigation accusing Zimmer Inc. of manufacturing shoddy knee implants before she can try another pair of bellwethers in her court.

  6. May 17, 2017

    Zimmer Attacks Breakup Bid In Knee-Replacement MDL

    Zimmer Inc. urged an Illinois federal judge on Tuesday to forbid knee-replacement patients suing over their prostheses’ quality to shift their disputes from the multidistrict litigation back to home courts, saying the bellwether process is still in full swing.

  7. May 08, 2017

    Zimmer Implant MDL Plaintiffs Seek Return To Home Courts

    The committee overseeing hundreds of cases accusing Zimmer Inc. of manufacturing defective knee implants asked Monday for the multidistrict litigation's breakup and the cases' return to their home districts, saying a global settlement looks unlikely in an MDL that has so far floundered for the plaintiffs.

  8. April 27, 2017

    Medical Experts Call Zimmer MDL Subpoenas Inappropriate

    A plaintiffs' consultant in the Illinois federal court Zimmer NexGen knee implant multidistrict litigation filed a broadside Wednesday over Zimmer's bids for more than 100 plaintiff depositions and massive quantities of allegedly privileged documents, saying they go against court order.

  9. January 26, 2017

    Zimmer Gets Win In 3rd Knee Implant Bellwether

    An Illinois federal jury on Thursday sided with Zimmer Inc. in the third bellwether trial over the medical device manufacturer's NexGen knee implant, rejecting the plaintiff's claim that the company dodged its responsibility to warn her doctor that the implant could fail in obese patients.

  10. November 30, 2016

    Judge Drops 24 Knee Implant Cases From Zimmer MDL

    An Illinois federal court has dismissed 24 cases from multidistrict litigation accusing a biomedical engineering firm of making faulty knee implants, saying the patients didn't provide expert declarations to back up their claims by the court-mandated deadline.