IN RE ZIMMER, NEXGEN KNEE IMPLANT PROD. LIAB. LIT.

No. 16-3957.

884 F.3d 746 (2018)

IN RE: ZIMMER, NEXGEN KNEE IMPLANT PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. Appeal of: Theodore F. Joas and Darlene A. Joas.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 8, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Pennock , Attorney, Gennaro Savastano , Attorney, Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Theodore F. Joas and Darlene A. Joas.

Andrea Roberts Pierson , Attorney, Jane D. Wilson , Attorney, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Bruce Gregory Jones , Attorney, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Peter A. Meyer , Attorney, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Fort Wayne, IN, for Defendant-Appellee Zimmer, Inc.

Before Flaum, Easterbrook, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


Theodore Joas underwent a total knee replacement at a Wisconsin hospital and received a Zimmer NexGen Flex knee implant. Within a few years, he began experiencing pain in his new knee. X-rays confirmed that the implant had loosened and required a surgical fix. Joas brought a panoply...

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