The Zimmer NexGen Knee MDL seems to finally be
making some headway. Just yesterday, the defendants filed with the Court their
choices for bellwhether trials. Because of disagreements between the parties,
the earlier choices were disregarded. The list of choices are below:
Gloria Ebarb v. Zimmer, Inc., et
al., Case No. 1:13-cv-02679
Original District: Western
District of Arkansas
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Sean
T. Keith – Keith, Miller, Butler, Schneider &
Pawlik,
PLLC; Randi Kassan – Sanders Viener Grossman, LLP
Mark
Stephen Dobrzynski & Laura Left Dobrzynski, by Trustee Richard M.
Fogel v. Zimmer, Inc., et al., Case
No. 1:11-cv-07847
Original District: Northern
District of Illinois
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Don K.
Ledgard – Capretz & Associates;
Paul
J. Fina – Fina & Hunter
Richard
Lawrence v. Zimmer, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:12-cv-05201
Original District: District
of Minnesota
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Stacy
K. Hauer and Timothy Becker – Johnson
Becker,
PLLC; Randi Kassan – Sanders Viener Grossman, LLP
These
plaintiffs have until the end of the month to inform the Court if they will
proceed to trial. It is not clear the exact type of implant, injuries, and
other case specific information involved in the defendants’ choices. One would
hope that they are representative of the remaining filed cases in the MDL in
order to help the parties evaluate their respective positions.
