11th Circuit: Hip Plaintiff Missed Deadline By Withholding Service

(November 30, 2016, 11:50 AM EST) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 28 agreed with a lower court that in filing a DePuy hip lawsuit but withholding service in hopes of a settlement, a plaintiff’s claim was actually not initiated until after the applicable two-year statute of limitations (Maeola Goldthrip, et al. v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., et al., No. 16-14002, 11th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 21192)....

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