NICHOLSON v. BIOMET, INC.

No. 21-2263.

46 F.4th 757 (2022)

Lori NICHOLSON, Plaintiff-Appellee Willis William Nicholson, Plaintiff v. BIOMET, INC.; Biomet Orthopedics, LLC; Biomet Manufacturing LLC, formerly known as Biomet Manufacturing Corp.; Biomet U.S. Reconstruction, LLC, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants and appeared on the appellants brief was Aaron Daniel Van Oort , of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellants brief; Joseph Michael Price , of Minneapolis, MN., Bruce Gregory Jones , of Minneapolis, MN., Thomas James Joensen , of Des Moines, IA., Stephanie Anne Koltookian , of Des Moines, IA., Bryan D. Pasciak , of Chicago, IL., Thomas Kus , of Fort Wayne, IN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the appellee brief was Bryan S. Gowdy , of Jacksonville, FL. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Jeffrey L. Haberman , of Fort Lauderdale, FL., Dimitrios A. Peteves , of Jacksonville, FL.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.


This products liability case arises out of the multidistrict litigation1 ("MDL") proceedings regarding Biomet's M2a Magnum hip-replacement device. After experiencing complications from a hip replacement surgery using the M2a Magnum, Lori Nicholson sued Biomet, Inc., Biomet Orthopedics, LLC, Biomet...

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