Mike McGlamry, a shareholder with Pope McGlamry (“Pope McGlamry”) in Atlanta, Georgia, has been named as one of three co-chairs for the American Association for Justice’s Wright Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Litigation Group. McGlamry is joined as co-chair by Helen Zukin of the Los Angeles, California law firm Kiesel Boucher Larson, LLP, and George E. McLaughlin […]
On March 29, 2012, the FDA announced that it will convene the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee to discuss the risks and benefits of Metal-on-Metal (MoM) hip systems. The FDA asked outside scientific and medical experts to discuss recent information on these metal-on-metal hip devices so that the Agency […]
On February 8, 2012, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation centralized the Wright Conserve hip litigation before U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey, Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The Wright Conserve Hip Implant System is a metal-on-metal design, which consists of cast cobalt chromium molybdenum that provides […]
Pope McGlamry has been appointed to leadership positions in MDL. No. 2329, In re: Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Conserve Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, Civil Action No. 1:12-md-2329, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 3, 2012, 2012 Pope McGlamry, a prominent Georgia law firm specializing in civil […]
Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, P.C., have been appointed to leadership positions in MDL. No. 2329, In re: Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Conserve Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, Civil Action No. 1:12-md-2329, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 3, 2012, 2012 Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & […]
MDL Initial Organization Conference To Take Place Next Week For Wright Medical’s Conserve Hip Implant System On April 23, 2012, Judge William S. Duffey, Jr., will host a joint Initial Organization Conference in the Northern District of Georgia, in Atlanta, with respect to the latest metal-on-metal hip implant multidistrict litigation (MDL), In Re: Wright Medical […]
On February 8, 2012, the United States Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (“JPML”) transferred four cases involving the Wright Medical Conserve Hip Implant System to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The JPML held that the actions filed against Wright Medical involve common questions of fact, and that centralization will […]
Pope McGlamry has filed three additional Wright Conserve Plus hip system lawsuits in federal district courts across the United States. In November 2011, lawyers from Pope McGlamry filed a lawsuit and petition for MDL consolidation against Wright Medical Technology in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Wright Conserve Lawsuits As of […]
On November 29, 2011, lawyers from Pope McGlamry filed a petition to the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”) to consolidate cases involving the defective Wright Conserve Hip Implant System. Currently, lawyers from Pope McGlamry are evaluating and filing cases involving the defective Wright Conserve Hip Implant System across the United States. What […]
In August 2010, a DePuy hip implant recall was issued for nearly 93,000 metal-on-metal ASR Hip Resurfacing Systems and ASR XL Acetabular Hip Systems, after it was discovered that the DePuy ASR failure rates was at least 12% within five years of surgery. Serious accusations are now being thrown at DePuy with the most ominous […]