Biomet loses $56M Metal-on-Metal hip case, 900 more cases to go

JUDGE APPROVES $56 MILLION BIOMET METAL HIP SETTLEMENT (Orthopedics This Week)
A Federal judge approved settlement of Biomet, Inc.’s metal-on-metal hip lawsuits on February 3, 2014. The company now joins Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) DePuy Synthes Companies and Stryker Corporation in announcing some settlements of consolidated lawsuits.
M2a Magnum System
The cases in Biomet’s litigation primarily involved alleged defects in Biomet’s M2a Magnum system of hip implant products. Plaintiffs’ claims focused upon the metal-on-metal design of the system and the alleged propensity of the devices to...