Baker
Baker v. Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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EASTERN DISTRICT ARKANS
UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL AUG 1 4 2020
on MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION JAMES WeACCORMACK, CL
FILED
IN RE: PROFEMUR HIP IMPLANT Aug 19. 2020 PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION CLERK, rsyaier court MDL No. 2949
TRANSFER ORDER
Before the Panel: Plaintiffs in the Eastern District of Arkansas Simpson action and the Western District of Wisconsin Chadderdon action move under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to centralize pretrial proceedings in the Eastern District of Arkansas. These cases concern alleged defects in the Wright Medical and Microport Profemur line of modular hip implants, which were offered in titanium and cobalt chromium alloys. Plaintiffs’ motion includes the 41 actions listed on Schedule A,' which are pending in 25 districts. Since plaintiffs filed this motion, the parties have notified the Panel of 21 additional potentially related actions.? Wright Medical defendants’ and MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. oppose centralization. Ifan MDL is created, they suggest centralization in the Eastern District of…