7th Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment In 2nd NexGen Knee Bellwether Case

(March 9, 2018, 12:55 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 8 affirmed summary judgment in the second NexGen knee multidistrict litigation bellwether trial, finding that the Wisconsin Supreme Court would agree that the learned intermediary doctrine barred the plaintiff’s failure-to-warn claim (In Re: Zimmer, NexGen Knee Implant Products Liability Litigation, Appeal of: Theodore F. Joas, et al., No. 16-3957, 7th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5863)....

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