A “statistics report”
dated November 14, 2012, prepared by the United States Judicial Panel
on Multidistrict Litigation to show the distribution of pending
Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) dockets reveals that as of the report
date there are 2,682 federal actions now pending and consolidated in the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in a
matter known as “IN RE: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Pinnacle Hip Implant
Products Liability Litigation,” no. MDL 2244).
According to complaints filed by
recipients of DePuy’s Pinnacle hip replacement implants, the devices
have loosened prematurely and, like other metal-on-metal hip implants,
are releasing potentially toxic particles into patients’ bloodstreams.
Pretrial proceedings in MDL 2244 have been progressing apace since the
Pinnacle MDL case was created in May 2011, and the first trials of
included matters are tentatively scheduled to begin in May 2014.
Although the number of lawsuits is regularly increasing, the Pinnacle
devices, unlike DePuy’s ASR hip replacements, have not been recalled.
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