In re DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
787 F. Supp. 2d 1358 (2011)
- Written by Marissa Richardson , JD
Facts
DePuy Orthopaedics (DePuy) and Johnson & Johnson (Johnson) (defendants) had cases filed against them in numerous different courts alleging defective design and manufacture of a device utilized for hip-replacement surgeries across the nation. Catherine Falvey, a plaintiff in one of the cases, filed a motion with the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the panel) seeking centralized pretrial proceedings of all actions against DePuy and Johnson. Falvey’s motion included two actions in the Central District of California and one in the Western District of Washington. The panel was also informed of 54 additional related actions filed in federal district courts throughout the country.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Heyburn, J.)
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